Volcanoes

• Riley Mercer, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2007

Volcanoes are thunderous, terrible things
They strike with out warning,
With out mercy,
With out time to look up

They shoot out lava, rocks and gas
They devastate families
And destroy lives

But people still live near them
They take that chance
They think that it won’t happen to them
Some people are lucky
Some people aren’t

Some of the biggest cities in the world decided to take that chance
They decided to live near a fault line or near a volcano
Now ask your self is it really worth it.


By Riley Mercer,
Midland Christian School,
Age 11,
Year 6