Happiness...one Day.

• Lianne Belleza, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2009

Have you ever watched the ones you love… just disappear?
…I have.
My name is Annabel Parker and this is my story.
Wrestling with the act of rejection, tormented by my insecurities day by day.
Poverty overcoming the essence of my life, starvation amidst my atmosphere.
Can you truly comprehend the meaning of ‘alone’?
Homeless nights, drifting among the mindless crowds, searching for help.
But no one ever seemed willing, not for me they didn’t.
I try to escape the world of troubles, breakaway from the obstacles of life.
My sanctuary lies just behind the barriers of imagination.
I dream, only attempting to recapture the paradise I so yearn for.
I wake up, wandering if someday, that happiness could be mine.
But it all seemed so far, far away,well beyond my feeble grasp.
I look at the people around me, envious of their happiness, wandering,’why didn't I look like them?’
I do dream of the day that my family would return,but I know that they’re somewhere out there trying to find me.
One day, they will come back for me…