I Am

• Olivia Shepard-Richards, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2007

I am a girl who likes to swim through the waves at the beach,
I wonder how big the next wave is going to be?
I hear the sound of waves coming closer and closer,
I see a boat in the distance
I want to live closer to the beach
I am a girl that likes swimming through the waves at the beach.

I pretend that I can brethe underwater.
I feel excitement when a wave starts.
I touch the sand when the wave is finished
I worry if I will make it through.
I cry when I see people drowned
I am a girl who likes swimming through the waves at the beach