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Best Poems From
AMANDA SAVELEY
(December 29,1987)
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A Bad Dream
*Why do I have to fly
over every town up and down the line?
I'll die in the clouds above
and you that I defend, I do not love.*
Door swings, and it's off to life,
Swinging hinges and broken dreams
And fading shadows of ghost-like memories
That pass between my heart and mind
*I wake up, it's a bad dream,
No one on my side,
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting,
guess I'm not the fighting kind.*
But I should have.
I should have fought to make you stay
And be that which we can't seem to grasp
Because of my failure, I now sit alone
Where will I meet my fate?
My mom married a man I was born to hate.
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time, I could have found a friend.
*I wake up, it's a bad dream,
No one on my side,
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting,
guess I'm not the fighting kind.
Wouldn't mind it
if you were by my side
But you're long gone,
yeah you're long gone now.*
Somewhere I cannot reach you
The lines of communication run too long
And are too short
Severed at the elbow of soundwaves
Most unpleasant
*Where do we go?
I don't even know,
My strange old face,
And I'm thinking about those days,
And I'm thinking about those days.*
You break my heart
Jammed in my throat
As recollections bubble up fast
Too fast for me to stop them
Spilling over into formations of water and salt
Cascading from eyes seemingly empty
*I wake up, it's a bad dream,
No one on my side,
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting,
guess I'm not the fighting kind.
Wouldn't mind it
if you were by my side
But you're long gone,
Yeah you're long gone now.*
(Lyrics in asterisks are from Keane's song 'A Bad Dream.' I do not own these lyrics)
Amanda Saveley
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A Clarification Pre-Departure
If I died tomorrow,
Would you still search for me?
Would you still scan the skies
Or look out onto the sea?
Would you wait for my call
Until the light of day?
Would you search in your mind
For something meaningful to say?
Would your eyes stay at the door
Patient, with the same concern?
Would you wait on baited breath
Though you know I won't return?
Or would you agonize over endearments
Left unspoken and unheard
Indulging in your grief
Over something simple like words
Would you comb over my things
Think of when last they were used
Would you build a shrine to me
Cling fast to guilt like the accused
Would you live encompassed with regret
Over things left just to waste
And panic when a simple thing
Happens to be misplaced?
If I should die tomorrow,
Look not for me in the sun
Nor land, nor dropp of water
Or in all things left undone
Do not search for me in any form
For I will not be there
Do not find fascination
In a single strand of hair
Nor simple piece of cloth
That once did belong to me
You should not waste your life
Nor should you share same fate as me
Release your tears into the air
And leave them out to mix with dew
Please, do not search for me,
I will be waiting there for you.
Amanda Saveley
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A Closed Mind is Like A Nail in Your Coffin
This world is more than dark and light
And there is more than black and white
If you don't color outside the lines
You will remain deaf, dumb, and blind
Yeah, you may be able to use your eyes
But what you see are your own lies
And you may be be able to use your ears
But you only hear what you want to hear
And you may be able to comprehend
But how can you understand when you only offend?
When you only defend your own opinion?
When everything has to fit YOUR definition?
This world we're in don't work that way
Not everyone will listen to what you got to say
So don't be stupid! Don't be shallow
Or your life will be left empty and hollow
You will be lost, sad, and alone
And won't ever really be at home
So open your eyes, ears, mind, and heart
Don't let those misconceptions tear your life apart
That births prejudice and racist ideals
At which point, no one ever feels
The need to fix this world we've broken
Our tattered hearts are only tokens
Of what is wrong with society today
So pay attention to what you say
And watch your mouth in case you offend
And speak not of what you can't comprehend
Or someone will shut your mouth for you
And all will suffer who adore you
And be left in the wake of this nonexist
All because you got somebody pissed
And I know this is like talking to a wall...
But I'd rather do this than nothing at all.
Amanda Saveley
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A Creative Dose of ADD
*I heard there was a secret chord
That David played
And pleased the lord
But you don't really care for music,
Do you? *
It wasn't any fun, you see
Life's full of redundancies
At least you will remember me
For now
*So let's play doctor, babe
We'll operate today*
It's not your fault you lay
My heart is skinned today
So just forget
All of the things you promised me before
I want nothing from you anymore
I just want you to cross the floor
And walk out my door
Forever more
*Just one love
Just one life
You'd bleed for me
And I didn't get to notice you
Now you're stuck in my mind*
Darkness crosses through the clear
Finally, at last you're here
And nothing's ever been so dear
To me...
Your love is like sunshine.
(Lyrics in asterisks are from Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah, ' Senses Fail's 'Buried a Lie, ' and Saliva's 'Bleed for Me.' The lyrics are not mine.)
Amanda Saveley
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