The Monster In The Deep

• Anna Stewart, Grade 6, Lismore South Public School
• Poetry
• 2018

Excellence Award in the 'Horizon of Dreams 2018' competition

As the clouds blew across the sky,
The waves were nearly 12 feet high,
A little girl was being stalked,
In the current in which she was caught,
She slowly floated down beneath,
She was pulled from underneath,
She was startled by a ferocious beast,
That was looking for a scrumptious feast.
Swaying in the oceans end,
She squirmed and wriggled with one big swirl,
Till a sudden glass shattering scream,
Made the beast release the young girl,
She swam to the shore in fear,
But then ocean became clear,
For the beast was just a daydream,
No scarier than a bowl of ice cream.