The River Bed

• Johanna Tam, Grade 6, Albert Park Primary School
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Word Zone 2016' competition

The river runs through my veins,
Like crystal clear blood.
The salmon play in the waves,
Enjoying the flood.

And the trees grow beside me -
They won't ever stop.
And the fish make the bubbles
That go POP! POP! POP!

In the cold heart of Winter,
A child takes a dip.
On the slimy, ice-bound rocks -
All it takes - one slip.

But I am the river bed,
I'm stuck down below.
The river runs constantly;
I drowned long ago.