The Empire

• Jessica Baggetta, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2018

Hidden behind these screens
Oh what would all this be?
Without these poison pages
That leaves us searching for days
Over what seems like things we need
The human race is so addicted to these deadly machines
Every click is leading us further away from the love we need
Basing our lives around what is seen
Though our stained eyes
O as they bleed
Staying up all night building a wall for others to see
Behind this wall you built, there is an empire waiting to be seen
You only see a brick of this empire due to the others walls overshadowing you
You are more than this wall
We all build it to be so very tall
Why won’t you be you no more?