Amanda Nelson Poems

My birthday’s today. I’m so glad.
My birthday’s today. Now I’m sad.
My birthday’s today. I gave you tons of clues.
But you couldn’t figure out the big news…
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This is the first poem - well, technically it was a lyric - that I ever wrote. It was only when I was like eight. I fixed the spelling and grammatical errors but this is it. It really shows how far you've come as you look at your old work. =) I hope you get a kick out of it. It's sort of sweet, in my opinion.
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You can try to make it out as nothing.
You can go along with your ways...
You can pretend nothing happened.
and ignore anything I try to say.
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She twirls her hair with her finger.
She rolls her eyes behind your back.
She whispers things to others.
She's a drama queen, it's just a simple fact.
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You can’t steal my heart
It was yours from the start.
You can’t force me to love you
If I already do.
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How you sing,
how you smile,
it all makes me stop and stare for a little while
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Do you know how I feel when you walk away?
When you say that the last time I'll see you, is today?
Do you know how much you mean to me?
That ever since I met you I've been insanely happy?
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Why can't you forgive me?
You forgive others happily.
But to me you give a cold shoulder.
But, really, how could my life be any colder?
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I hear their whispers as I walk.
I’m trying to drown out their ridiculous talk.
It’s like this everyday.
I have a few things I’d like to say…
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I don't know what to say
I used to be happy
I guess I thought you meant something to me.
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