The Elephant

• Shannon O'keefe, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2009

Words drifting through water
Unspoken
The elephant in the room
Hauntingly stale and
Internally stained
Caught in the web
Stuck
Breaking free
Ripped
Twisted
Flying high.

Soaring out no longer controlled
Glances, open mouths
Glares
And last of all,
Silence.