Amanda Lynn Jones

Dad's  Love  I  Never  Knew

There’s love I barely knew

I never quite outgrew

My heart still makes a painful sound

From years when dad was not around

I’m old enough and on my own

But somehow I still feel…

I wrote The Torment Away From God when I was suffering the harmful effects of religious and emotional abuse. I believed in a God that I had to earn my approval and love from. I thought I had to work…

This is a poem that reflects the struggle it is to accept abuse. I wrote this back in 2019 and was having the most difficult time placing blame on my abusers. I still believed that I was the problem because…

The pain I know is great, I think about my fate

I wish I didn’t feel this way, My soul is in it’s own decay

Disintegration started, With the child inside of me

neglect was there and charted, Although my…

This is a poem I wrote back in October of 2022. I don't know about you but I have the seasonal depression and triggers that hit right around that time of year. I grew up working a dairy farm and…

We all experience loss in life. I’d like to think that what we write can keep the memories alive of those we love. This is a poem dedicated to Justin. I’ve never been the same since you left this earth…

This is a poem I wrote back in 2019

The God above is whom I seek

The one so pure, so kind, and meek

His presence I cannot describe

No human words would satisfy

The lord must know what I…

This is a poem I wrote back in 2018.

Woe, Woe is me

I am nothing without thee

My sinful nature, my DNA

I try to hide, but still display

I overexert to bury my hurt

How lowly I am…

Don’t trust your gut. 

Okay, maybe that view is a little extreme, but hear me out. I was scraping what looked like one foot of snow off my car. The rumble started like a bowling ball thundering toward the pins…

Dear Dad, 

You were wrong about me. 

I didn’t become a promiscuous bar girl. I didn’t run away with alcohol. I didn’t turn to the devil like you said I would. Tattoos didn’t send me down a bad path or…