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The burning feeling in my throat
The pain almost amounts to what I feel in my heart
But this time I inflicted this upon myself
Hoping at the same time I'll improve all my flaws that turned you away
from me
I look upon myself in the mirror
I still don't like what I see in front of me
I see the residue of you around my mouth
The remains of your kisses on my cheeks
I can feel your breath whispering across my face
It sourly reminds me of the harsh winter wind that struck my face the day you left
The irritating memory of the scent of your clothes burn my nose
They sting like the fumes that float off a just stricken match
I can still feel you uncaring arms around my waist
I feel myself wrapped around your finger by your words
Bound and tied down by the deceiving lies you spoke
Paralyzed by the sweetness that captured my attention without a second
thought
I can sense your presence over me
Like a shadow that won't go away
I feel as if I have no way out
No light to guide my path
I know that this won't last forever
Just until the day that I'm ready to let you leave my mind
Obviously I'm not ready yet
For you have lingered in my thoughts ever since the day you left
I still dream of the day where I can live up to what you want me to be
The angel I never was
The angel I'm determined to be
Even though I know the day you'll want me again is just a faint hope inflicted
by my imagination
Until thenI'm going to do my best,
Which might even be the worst thing I could ever do
To become what I think that I am not, what I hope that I'm not
Which is something I'll later regret
Barriers of Soceity
POETRY
"Expectations," by Liza Marie
The poem, “Expectations,” by Liza Marie is a prime example of the thoughts that one holds when giving into becoming someone who they are not because of the expectations of someone else. The poem consists of eight stanzas with four verses each. Other than societal expectations that relate to employment, education, and association with others, love may also hold expectations that pressures one to change. In the poem, a person is in love with someone who wants them to change and she is willing to change for that person although she knows it is wrong and that she will regret it later. She understands it’s the worst thing she could do to herself, by pretending to be someone who she is not. She does not understand that if the person truly loved her back as much as she does to sacrifice her identity for their love, then the person would accept her for who she is not who they want her to be. The poet’s message that is trying to be expressed in this poem is that if you know you are doing something wrong, you shouldn’t continue with it and true love would not require one to change for the other. A person’s identity is what represent them and sets them apart from others, it is the substance that should be loved and looked at in a person and if you want them to change then you truly do not love them for who they are.