A Story And A Reader

• Ameena Barhoum, Grade 8, Strathfield Girls High School
• Poetry
• 2014

Excellence Award in the 'Write As Rain 2014' competition

A story and a reader, that’s how it starts,
The endless journey and counterparts.
From evil bad guys, we just have to hate,
To very hot fictional people we’d really like to date.

Through their sadness,
Their anguish, triumphs and gain.
We love them at all times,
Despite some of their worldly crimes.
Their strong and brave,
We try to be like them, wanting to save.

We cried, we laughed, we felt their pain,
We knew when they were happy and when they felt insane.
And that’s when we realise that their not physically real,
But their there in our hearts because they made us feel.