Resilience

• Anita Craggs, Grade 12, Ballarat & Clarendon College - Middle and Senior School Campus
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

When we were born, we cried for our first breath
When we were little, we cried for little things
When we were young, we cried when we fought with friends
When we were primary students, we cried when we lost that game
When we were teenagers, we cried when he left us
When we were graduates, we cried when our results weren't what we wanted
At each of these points, we thought it was the end. However, it wasn't the end when we broke our leg and missed the final
It wasn't the end when we had to quit the thing we loved.
It wasn't the end when we never got to say goodbye.
No, it most definitely isn't the end. It's a start.