YOU

• Elise Williams, Grade 8, TLSC Tumbi Umbi Campus
• Poetry
• 2014

Finalist in the 'The Text Generation 2014' competition

You walk this earth and people automatically call you a mystery;
a universe of your own.
You hold the stars in your eyes,
atoms lace your lips and you hold secrets in your bones.
The individual lines in your hands are not the only thing
holding you together.
So do not worry about crumbling down like a building in bad weather.
You move mountains with that smile;
affecting the earth with a new miraculous essence.
You are a living, breathing masterpiece,
even the world-wonders start to decay in your very presence.
So next time you feel like drowning, caving or blowing away with the breeze
Remember you are made of planets, stars and galaxies; they always please.
So do not go thinking you are worthless or a speck in this vast universe.
Because you are your own galaxy,
filled with secrecy and you are completely diverse.