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Best Poems From
AMANDA SAVELEY
(December 29,1987)
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How?
She's pretty,
Modest,
Emotional,
Slender,
Funny,
Open,
Nice
I'm rude,
Opinionated,
Pushy,
Bitchy,
Insensitive,
Athiest,
White...
She's everything you wanted
And I'm everything she's not
So how can I compare?
Amanda Saveley
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Hughes.Nina.Haku.-A Realization During A Seemingly-mindless Pasttime
A good man you were,
Devoted father,
Loyal friend,
Brought down by a bitter blow
That was not yours to bear
You died a death not your own
For reasons you did not understand
By a face stolen to cause you pause
So unjustifiably you passed
Leaving business unfinished in your wake
A sweet girl you were,
Affectionate daughter,
Loyal friend,
Brought down by a bitter blow
That was not yours to bear
You died a death not your own
For reasons you did not understand
By a man you trusted with your life
So unjustifiably you passed
Leaving a life incomplete in your wake
A dear boy you were,
Compassionate warrior,
Loyal friend,
Brought down by a bitter blow
That was not yours to bear
You died a death not your own
For reasons you did not understand
By a skilled opponent whose hand was unwilling
So unjustifiably you passed
Leaving a dream unrealized in your wake
And I witnessed your deaths,
Shedding tears of regret like gently fallen rain
Yes, I wept deeply for your passing
Though you are but mere characters on a screen,
Lines spread across a page,
I shed tears for your deaths so sudden, too soon
Because I can spare none for my own.
Amanda Saveley
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I Don't Blame You
I knew that you were in the way
I knew the lies between the truths
I knew that you would go astray
It was your fault but I don't blame you
She didn't mean to yell at you
She's just upset; she knows it's true
She knows that we have thought it through
It was your fault but I don't blame you
Our friends can't quite understand why
We ended quickly but they knew
I didn't want to keep living a lie
It was your fault but I don't blame you
Amanda Saveley
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I Remember
'I remember it well, the first time that I saw your head round the door, cause mine stopped working.' -Damien Rice, 'I Remember'
And how I wished I had forced it to work again
How I vainly wish now that I had somehow
Jumpstarted the synapses
Sent a signal in morse code,
Screaming,
'Run! '
'Heartbreak Ahead! '
As if it were a collapsed bridge in the distance
Instead of a much larger risk
And I wanna hear what you have to say about me
What it is that I did so wrong
That you could just throw me away
Maybe I didn't hurt you enough
Somehow, I think that is what you wanted
Hope that my sanity covers the cost
To remove
Stain of my love and paper-mache
Of a heart, lost and bleeding,
Wounded with a single message,
Though I knew what it was from the get-go
I knew the bridge was out
And I wanna hear what you have to say about me
Hear if you're gonna live without me
Wanna hear what you want
What the hell do you want?
Amanda Saveley
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