Sadness

• Charli Stapleton, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2017

Is like...
Putting on a fake smile,
To be able to walk that extra mile.
Crying yourself to sleep at night.
To put up with that extra fight.
Feeling like your drowning,
For the wounds that I'm counting.
For the words that I cry,
From hearing another lie.
Parents disappointed,
For the grades that aren't appointed.
Friends leaving,
Now I'm grieving.
Keeping it all in,
For I feel like a sin.