The Giver
Black and white this world, no tears
For pills and greyness rid the fears
Love -- nonexistant
Choice -- outdated
Everyone the same
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One boy, anointed, selected
At the Ceremony of Twelve
Receiver of Memory
His new title
So different, always the same
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Gabriel, pale eyes
Like Jonas, like the Giver
Poor child, like many
So behind the others
Slow development but Gabriel stays
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Black and white, now red
Apple, hair, faces, memory of snow
Memory of broken limb
Painful, limping
Jonas lies
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The previous, failed Receiver
The Giver's worst memory
Rosemary, so brave
Gave up after pain
Released -- why, why?
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Broken spirits, broken bones
Childhood -- all a lie
War so terrible
This memory stands alone
Friends and happiness gone
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Identical twins, one released
Horrible, unjustly death
Jonas realizes--
The Giver despises--
What release truly is
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"I'm not going home, not now
Not after what dad did
No -- how could he?
Must do something--"
Jonas is shouting now
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Community corrupt , no chance
Of changing their wicked ways now
But maybe , just maybe
With the right sort of plan
They can bring the Community down
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A plot they created, so sure
Must work or death will occur
Cruelty but strength
Patience but courage
And so comes the snag in the plan
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Jonas runs away, never to come back
With Gabriel at his back
"Goodbye", just a whisper
But the Giver can hear
And is ready, if needed to return to his daughter...
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Pain
Hunger
Cold
Cold
So long, long a road
Pain
Memory
Wait
Cold
"Nothing in front of me"
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Jonas finds the hill, so close to death
The hill of his memory
The sled, a town
Sliding, sledding down
To a world where they are free