[ WP ] A teenage girl was resurrected and was given 10 wishes . The rule is , with every wish granted , somebody she knows dies . She is n't aware about this rule .

I wrote this in the style of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. Its my first attempt at trochaic octameter and this is my second poem ever. I hope you like it. 
 
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 One moonlit night when all lay quiet, Ashley Burns, in dress of violet 
 
 slept within her grave, unmoving, never to awake again 
 
 when suddenly a mighty flash, a lightning bolt struck with a crash 
 
 Ashley Burns rose from her casket, freed from spiritual domain. 
 
 Through dirt she clawed; upward she scratched,'til sweet air did she finally claim. 
 
 Life, it seems, she had regained. 
 
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 Ashley Burns laid there a while, then she stood and with a smile 
 
 Cried `` I'm alive! I'm sure my family wants to see me again.'' 
 
 It was then she looked around, thought'Well I'm lost, and wont be found.' 
 
 So walk she did towards nearest town hoping to maybe catch a train. 
 
'I wish I had some decent shoes', this thought had crept up in her brain 
 
 She found a pair just down the lane. 
 
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 Ashley made it to the town. Shoes on her feet, she looked around. 
 
 empty were the streets, for it was late, and dark, so with disdain 
 
 Ashley Burns silently prayed, `` I only need a little aid, 
 
 to get me back to mom and dad and everyone on Greystreet Lane'' 
 
 Just then, lights lit up the night. Exploding through the dark like flames 
 
 Aid arrived. That much was plain 
 
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 Ashley Burns climbed in the car, with driver asking `` Going far?'' 
 
 Ashley could not answer him for lost she was. She wished again. 
 
'I really wish I was n't lost. I wish that I could pay the cost, 
 
 I wish that I could tell this taxi driver what i want in plain' 
 
 Ashley told him `` take the next left. Please take me to Greystreet Lane.'' 
 
'I'll see my parents once again' 
 
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 Ashley wished for food and drink. Then wished to be rid of her stink. 
 
 Wished for sleep and wished for cleaner clothes, for her's were wet with rain. 
 
 Ashley wished she'd soon arrive at fathers door, she knew she'd cry. 
 
 Then they'd hug and everything would be alright on earth again. 
 
'Mom will laugh and cry as well.' she thought'We always were the same' 
 
 Then they turned on Greystreet Lane. 
 
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 So Ashley paid the cabby fare, walked to her house in cold night air, 
 
 walked up her drive much aware of the house looking profane. 
 
 one light was on but no sound played. She grabbed the door handle and swayed, 
 
 pulled it open hoping to meet friends and family once again. 
 
 What she met, instead, caused her to wretch and nearly go insane 
 
 They all were dead, that too was plain. 
 
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 Ashley had had a heart attack at age 16 but now was back 
 
 Against all odds she stood there. Surely this event had been ordained. 
 
 Nine members of her family dead. One with no shoes, two clutching head. 
 
 One wallet-less, one nude, and one was clutching chest, face filled with pain 
 
 Father, mother, brother died of food they just could n't obtain 
 
 Ashley wished to be the same 
 
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 Ashley Burns, cursed from the start, had always had a joyful heart 
 
 No one could fault her for any crime for she was not to blame 
 
 Ashley Burns lays next to mother, next to father, next to brother 
 
 Ever sleeping with her victims that she did not mean to claim. 
 
 Ashley waits now in the dark for her next murderous campaign. 
 
 For now Ashley is insane. 
 
 

