As I stare across a dark moonlit sky
a single shooting star passes nearby
This seldom-seen sight makes me wonder why
Why innocent Amanda had to die

Sometimes I gaze across a solemn field
wishing what I'm hoping this year will yield
wondering how our hurt hearts can be healed
from the pain we received when she was killed

I often lay in my warm queen-sized bed
while portraits of her repeat in my head
and often my eyes moisten and turn red
for I now know young Amanda is dead

I know her family's poor hearts must writhe
and even I wish it was not truth but myth
all our lives changed when she drew her last breath
alas, can any good come from her death

and after tears fall like infinite rain
and before the sadness drives me insane
I'll see I can't change how the past is lain
and I must live on to get past the pain

04/02/2002

Author's Note: a friend had died, so I wrote this in her honor.

Posted on 04/02/2002
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