Savannah
Updated: Feb 20, 2021
By, Wendiann Alfieri ( this is a poem based off a dream I had last night. “ Savannah” was the name of the monster in that nightmare. So here’s a poem that gives the monster its own purpose):
Savannah
Savannah savannah
Her name rings true
Of lost beauty and kindness
mystery, too
if you see savannah as you stir in bed at night
She’s got her agenda and her plans straight
She believes in necessary fright
Savannah Savannah
Who lives in the mountains you hike in your sleep
You are surrounded by people and entities that you consider safe and comforting
When you get to the top
To get out of the cold
Savannah will show
Not all have good intentions in the surrounding souls you keep
Friendship groups can feed off deceit
Savannah is fire and being in this snow
In your head where you don’t realize you are truly alone
It make her wary of how to show you her message
Not all people should be in your present
You’ll always be with people in the dream which she appears
A bunch of people or things
That you hold dear
Savannah thinks no fun to just warn you and leave
To show you the truth she will cause unease
Her face has chubby cheeks and a scratch on her eyebrow
Her insides are out
She’s grown used to the shout
Others emit
When she appears they just think
“ Begone Demon!”
Eyes pink with flecks of fire
She couldn’t forgive the ones who’ve hurt her
Moving on to others is her best bet
Cause moving onto above is just a height she’ll never reach
Even if she was filled with rainbows and kittens and peace,
She just can’t forgive
It’s perfectly fine
Some people and souls just need more time
If you prove to have a good heart she will know
That she can save you from blind trust
She was once unable to see till she turned to dust
She rose above it
Uses her spirit
To frighten and scare
The only way she can make you aware
She will show you just how dirty people can be
Telling you things you just can’t believe
Her nose is short decaying
You’ll see
Her nose appears to be rotting
you should sweep up the ash of the ones she sees
that make plots, tell lies, and cheat
It’s Someone you trusted
Someone you thought you knew
It’s only a dream, you at first think
That’s Savannah’s pet peeve
It’s a warning as real as anything else
She just can’t see your fear because she can’t see her outside self
The next day you’ll be relieved it wasn’t real
Just a monster with no sense
No important purpose
Silly knowledge you make yourself forget
Your fear and judgment of truth based on Savannah’s looks
It will blind you until the day
A loved one shows it’s you they’ve betrayed
you’ll see Savannah after her job is done
To ones who deny even what was proven
“ I told you so,” never needs to be said
It will never work in such dull heads
Once you thank her for the warning, thinking you need to listen more to her tune