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My name is Amelia.  

I am 17 years old 

And I am afraid for my future. 

I am tired of old men 

Deciding how I will live,  

Determining the world in which 

to tell a story 

                    is to give life — 

I listen to music 

On the bus 

With my teal earbuds. 

The songs 

Do not drown out the noise 

Do you remember the time

that you and I

spent in front of the TV?

We watched Disney cartoons

and the world around us

stopped.

I remember 

when nothing else mattered

and we could just be.

And there I stood 

As I watched the last leaf fall 

As I watched him walk away 

Not one glance backwards did he take 

He walked as if he had no worries in the world 

She was lost

And they couldn’t find her

Because they were looking in all the wrong places

Her heart was beating but her soul was dead

Her eyes fell to stone while her spark died out in the cold