Poetry by Romy Marylou Amber Joosten

  Title: Little Did You Know Verse 1: Little did you know I’ve been drowning in my silence Smiling in the daylight, nights are violent Little bits of pain I stitched into poems Tears I never showed you, scars I never owned They say time heals, but time froze on me A little more numb with each memory I still write you letters I don’t send Still call your name like it never had to end Chorus: Little did you know I was breaking while I stayed strong Little did you know I’ve been right and I’ve been dead wrong Holding on to shadows, chasing after light Praying for a little more peace tonight Little do they see, what I hold inside A war in my chest that I barely survive But I still rise with a heart full of fight Little did you know I lived through that night Verse 2: Little room in my soul for the hate now But I still feel every blade when I lay down Little truths buried in the lies they told Cold eyes never see the love I hold They only saw rage, never saw the ...

  "Superwoman" [Verse 1] She wakes before the sun Lifts the weight no one sees Puts on a brave face For a world that lets her bleed Coffee cold on the table Dreams shelved on the shelf She’s been saving everyone But forgot to save herself [Verse 2] She laughs when she’s breaking Wipes her tears with her hands They call her “so strong” But they’ll never understand All the nights spent shaking From the things she won’t say And all the times she vanished Just to help someone stay [Pre-Chorus] They think she’s made of steel But she's cracking at the seams No one ever asked her About her shattered dreams [Chorus] She’s a superwoman In a war with no name Carries silence like a weapon Takes the hurt, takes the blame She’s a fire in the cold But she's burning all alone She’s a superwoman And she just wants to come home [Verse 3] There’s medals on her scars Unseen but still earned A lifetime of battles Where no one’s returned She prays...