Within These Walls

• Ellie Rogers, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2017

Within these walls is nothing but sorrow.
Within these walls are bodies that wallow.
Within these walls we pray every day.
Hoping tomorrow our children can play.
Food and crumbs are all we fight for,
To someday be free is all we live for.
We work and work and give all we can.
To see our friends and family die in the sand.
Within these walls I can barely see the light.
Within these walls, I can hardly fight.
Within these walls pain is all I get,
Within these walls, it’s Hitler that is my threat!