Misunderstood

• Isabelle Payne, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2013

When pain engulfs you
into a river of despair
dragging you under with sadness,

when your bones feel as though they’re heavy
and your heart is too tired to keep fighting on,

these
are the vital moments in
finding the strength within you.

realise,
today is no day to drown.

pick yourself up,
and fight.