Unspoken Phrases

Introduction

(You can skip this part and go right into reading my poems.)

Hi,

My name's Amanda and I'm sorry if you understand or can relate to my metaphors. I'm sorry if you've felt the emotions I've tried to convey. You aren't alone though.

In this collection, I've written all the words you've never been able to say out loud or even string together. I'm sorry if you've felt broken. I'm sorry if your thoughts fucking crucify you in the most ugliest ways, and if your heart has literally been shattered within you by loved ones, or even by friends. I'm sorry if you have to shoulder the weight of the world of every single person you know, and if you can't breathe from the soul-crushing pressure of it all, because you feel like your heart might burst from the anxiety. I'm sorry if you feel like you're such a fucking monster that you want to hide away from the world so you don't hurt the ones you love. I'm sorry if you feel like you can never love anyone enough or be loved, or to be undeserving or any type of intimacy from anyone.

I know what it feels like to be lost but I also know what it's like to feel alive. To rejoice in a happiness. To go through the struggle and make it out in one piece.

I know what it feels like to be human... so for those who feel like they can't make it through another day, who feel like they just can't participate in the human activities of the world...

These words are for you.

With so much love,

Amanda

Don't worry, we're going to get through our twenty-somethings together.