WAR

• Emily Bartlett, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2011

Name: Emily Bartlett
Age: 14
Address: c/o St Brendan-Shaw College
Attn: Mrs J. Aherne
PO Box 436
Devonport TAS 7310
Year: 8
School: St Brendan- Shaw College


The thought of dying is a silent fear.
It begins.
The darkness falls fast
and the light comes too soon.

I feel my heart racing every day and night
At night there is nothing I can see
At day I try not to be seen.
The air is cold and the sun is to hot

Will I be alive tomorrow,
today or in the next hour.
The thought is so pain full.
Will I ever get to see home again?

I fight for my life almost every minute of the day and night.
There is not one day or night I can rest.
I aim for the enemies and they aim for me.
Will I ever survive at war.