Decided

• Samantha Abeygunasekara, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2012

I hate this life so deeply
Almost as deeply as I once loved it
At night, lights were on and the coffee took action
During the day, my eyelids were propped and there was no satisfaction

The carpet had been pulled from underneath me
So I stole someone else’s
I got what I wanted
But the question “How?” is not to be answered

My dreams were stacked up high on the bookshelf
Dreams that have been copied and pasted
I had ripped out your pages
and neatly put them in mine

When you grew and I fell,
you extended a hand
Now I’m growing and you’re falling,
So I will give you both hands