Captivity

• Sonia Hashimi, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2018

Hear the sounds of thunder rage,
When darkness comes to meet our cage.
We fear what lies outside those walls,
We long to take a breath of fresh air.
Who was he to capture me?
We cry at night, ‘we aren't free.'
Longing to say a last goodbye,
To those we were forced to leave behind.