Bridges Crossed, Mountains Climbed

By Amanda Pidlisny

Bridges Crossed, Mountains Climbed is a heart-wrenching collection of poems inspired from the authors personal experiences. Some of the themes include the struggle against anorexia, depression, etc. Read this book, and youll discover that you are not alone; there are other people who can relate to what youre going through. Stay strong.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503557550

Amanda Pidlisny

Amanda Pidlisny is a receptionist and young poet. She has work appearing in dozens of anthologies including Midnight Song, Stars in our Hearts and From the Cerrulean Sea. When she’s not indoors writing, she loves to get outside and go horseback riding, get on the volleyball court or get on the soccer field. You can visit her at http://amandapidlisny.wix.com/amandapidlisny

Book preview

Stuck in the Past

I can’t help but look back

and wonder where we went off track.

How did it come to this:

where instead of holding you I reminisce.

Or that every time I look through photos

I smile, then cry and realize nobody knows

just how much I’m still in love with you

or the fact that I can’t let you go.

I miss the way you held me

as we dreamed of a future together

and all the things we aspired to be

making each other promises of forever.

I miss the sound of your heart beat

along with those three words you’d always say

you had a way of making me feel complete

and of keeping my fears at bay.

I miss the way you smiled at me

like I was the most exquisite thing you’d seen

or all the petty fights we had

that never even made us mad.

I know I’m stuck in my past,

but I always thought we were built to last,

that we’d be the ones to make it through

all the way to the day we said I do.

One Day

I reminisce about my past

and wonder about my future:

are we strong enough to last,

or am I nothing but a dreamer?

You shut everyone out

determined to do it on your own

and those who care begin to doubt

and ponder if they’d be better off alone.

I understand it’s hard to trust again,

and that’s why you let no one in,

but if you reach deep within

you might find a reason to begin.

By your side is where I’ve been

even though this battle I