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Aimster
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since 2000-02-19
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Charlotte, NC

0 posted 2001-01-19 09:36 AM


"Better Days"

What is happening to us?
Are we simply starting to fall apart
All that I know is pain and confusion
Seem to completely fill my heart

The tension and the stress
Is starting to become too much
When all that I really want
Is to feel your wonderful touch

The distance and the miles
Beginning to take its toll
Even though I'm only twenty-three
I suddenly feel quite old

In the middle of the night
I scream out your name
But nothing seems to change
Everything just remains the same

Allowing others to control us
And the way that we feel
For they tell us what we feel is not right
That our true love isn't real

But you and I know different
So for another day I hold on
I will continue to do so
Till the day all the love is gone

I pray that we never part
And that you are always by my side
All this pain and confusion I feel
I try my hardest to hide

If ever you should go
I only want you to know one thing
Never have I regretted being with you
I wouldn't take back a single thing

I'm holding on for better days
One with sunny blue skies
The day when I no longer have to cry
And keeping asking the question why

Hoping that all the chaos
Doesn't change me and the way that I feel
Praying that from the hurt and damage
Together you and I can both heal

I know that you love me
And you know how much I love you
So I'm holding on for better days
That's what I'm gonna do

But if ever you should need a way out
Just simply let me know
And with grace and dignity
With love I'll let you go

All the petty fights and arguments
Are stupid and a waste of time
When all I want to say is that I love you
And hope that you are forever mine

But the words get all tangled
And I can't from the words I want to say
So now I am telling you
I love you today, tomorrow, and for always


Amy M. Kennedy


"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten
the words."



© Copyright 2001 Amy Kennedy - All Rights Reserved
Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
1 posted 2001-01-19 10:01 AM


Dear Amy,
A wonderful poem well written.
But the kernel of the nut is in the BUT. Sy

Marsha
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2 posted 2001-01-19 10:17 AM


Amy love, this is such a beautiful and heart written piece from you. I know you have in your heart something so rare and precious that I hope never fades. You have true love, it is as much a wonder to see it shine from you as it must be for you to feel it. Hold onto your dreams love, for when they die, hope begins to fade. You will get through this love I promise you.
Take care love
                Mushy
                  


Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning



Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

3 posted 2001-01-19 10:36 AM


I'm holding on for better days
One with sunny blue skies
The day when I no longer have to cry
And keeping asking the question why

Hoping that all the chaos
Doesn't change me and the way that I feel
Praying that from the hurt and damage
Together you and I can both heal

I know that you love me
And you know how much I love you
So I'm holding on for better days
That's what I'm gonna do
========================




"no more tears ... left to hide ...
we have made it thru a long and lonely night ...
Better Days ... are on our side ...
well, it looks as though we're doing something right"

Melissa Manchester/Jane Oliver
Better Days
*************

beautiful, sincere heartugging poem Amy-girl
take care sweetie
jm


< !signature-->

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought,
I summon up remembrance of things past ...
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought.
~Shakespeare~


[This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 01-19-2001).]

VAS
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since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
4 posted 2001-01-19 11:01 AM


I'd like to echo JM as I could not say it better.  If there is something there, it is certainly worth the struggle.  

I do have to say, though...well, not I guess not, not here.  I'll see if I can e-mail you.

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA
5 posted 2001-01-19 12:13 PM


Amy~

Oh, so sad, but well penned.  You have to fight for the man you love, and it's obvious that you are devoted to him.  I wish you the best  

Take care,
Melissa


The beauty of poetry gives my soul wings to fly free within dreams



Frankie
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since 2001-01-10
Posts 57

6 posted 2001-01-19 01:46 PM


Amy - This is very sad - but don't sit around waiting for it to work itself out....

All this pain and confusion
I try my hardest to hide

Don't hide it or how will he know to make it better?

Frankie

EagleOne
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since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829
Between a laugh and a tear...
7 posted 2001-01-19 04:31 PM


Always you write from the heart, and with such an ache. Hold on to that dream girl, take care!

"The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest"
~ My Angel.



snowpants
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8 posted 2001-01-19 07:16 PM


'All the petty fights and arguments
Are stupid and a waste of time
When all I want to say is that I love you
And hope that you are forever mine

But the words get all tangled
And I can't from the words I want to say
So now I am telling you
I love you today, tomorrow, and for always'

Aim, this is beautiful.  Absolutely beautiful.  Love has a way of working itself out, no matter what direction it may take us.  Great work, my dear friend!

-e  ~~~~


I won't go; I won't sleep; I can't breathe until you're resting here with me...

SEA
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with you
9 posted 2001-01-19 07:43 PM


Amy~ true love always wins in the end.......things work out and hearts beat happy.......hugs   -SEA
Aimster
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since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC
10 posted 2001-01-19 10:30 PM


Wow,
I wasnt excpecting such wonderful
responses to this. i sincerely thank
each and everyone of you for taking
the time to not only read and respond
to my work but for meaning why you say
and making me smile. i treasure all of
you and thank you for your encouragement
and support.

love
amy  

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten
the words."



tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
Australia
11 posted 2001-01-19 10:35 PM


Aimster~
Heartfelt piece hon, like I've said before you are old enough to take hold of your life and live it the way you want, don't let other people pressurize you into letting go of something this beautiful...I feel for you hon you are having a rough time and I do hope it all works out
~HUGS~
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada
12 posted 2001-01-19 10:37 PM


Amy dear, you're tugging these old heart strings again. You write with such feeling and heart ... and each time, draw me in so deeply to your emotions. Many hugs to you for this beautiful piece. I do hope all works out for you both!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

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