IF SHE'D SHUT UP U'D UNSTAND AMBER'S RUN

SO HERE'S THE CORRECT VERSION WHICH
EXPLAIN'S "AMBERS RUN"

THE THREE OF US WERE GOING TO SEE TENNESSEE
JUST MY WIFE, OUR SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AMBER AND ME
FOR A MOMENT WE STOPPED IN A CONVENIENCE STORE
AND AFTER THAT I DON'T REMEMBER VERY MUCH MORE

I RECALL A MAN IN SHREDDED CLOTHING AND A SHABBY HAT WHO LOOKED LONELY AND LOST
AND THAT GIVING HIM A RIDE WOULD COME AT TOO HIGH A COST

WE THREE HAD LEFT ALONE BUT NOW THERE WERE FOUR
AND THE STRANGER BECAME ENRAGED AND ME EVEN MORE
THEN SUDDENLY THE SKY OPENED UP AND THUS RAIN BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN THE TRUCK
WHILST TWO ADULTS KNEW WE WOULD ONLY SURVIVE WITH THE LORD'S LUCK

WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THE CENTER OF A WILDERNESS AND AN UNCERTAIN GAMBLE
AS WE MADE OUR WAY THROUGH BRUSH, BRIAR AND BRAMBLE
THE MOMENT I HAD THE CHANCE I YELLED AS LOUDLY AS I COULD " RUN AMBER RUN"
AFTER THAT SLICE OF A SECOND IN SPACE AND TIME GOD'S WILL WAS BEING DONE

IF HE WOULD ONLY TELL US WHERE AND HOW FAR SHE'D GET FOR SOMEONE SO YOUNG
YET MY WIFE AND I HELD ON IN THE HOPES TO WHICH WE CLUNG

THEN INSTANTLY I SAW A CHANCE AND THAT'S WHEN MY LEGS QUICKLY SPUN
BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR US THE STRANGER WIELDED A GUN
UNBKNOWNST TO US THE MAN SPENT THE DAY DRINKING RUM AND FELL ASLEEP
HE LOOKED SEMI-CONSCIOUS OR IN A SLUMBER OIL WELL TYPE DEEP

THEREFORE SINCE I'M ABLE TO WRITE THIS YOU KNOW MY WIFE AND I GOT AWAY
AND I CAN'T TAKE HEARING THE NAME "AMBER" TO THIS DAY
NOW ONE YEAR LATER FOR US TWO THERE IS ONLY ANGER AND HURT
BECAUSE WE WERE THE FIRST COUPLE TO ISSUE AN "AMBER ALLERT"
(C) 20111...free cee!~
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Posted: Feb 2011
About this poem:
IF YOU READ THIS VERSION FIRST THEN YOU MISSED THE WHOLE POINT OF THE POETRY..IF YOU READ THIS THEN THERE'S NO NEED TO READ IT AGAIN...SORRY, MY NEIGHBOR IS RASTAFARIAN AND INVITES ME OVER ALMOST NIGHTLY TO DO WHAT RASTAFARIAN'S DO AND THE MUSIC THEY PLAY...I HAVE EVERY BOB MARLEY SONG EVER WRITTEN AND RECORDED...SOME NEVER GOT ON ALBUMS...WHY, BECAUSE THE MAN HAD MORE SOUL, AND BELIEVED IN ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.....AND HE DIDN'T FORGET THE POOR!

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Comments (1)

moonontide
Our attraction to horror and then a happy outcome never fails to blow me away.You make my head swarm.Is that good or not so good. My problem.!!1cool
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