Pain

• Emily Campbell, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2018

The world is dark, devoid of joy,
Why must I fall for life's cruel ploy?
My brother's dead along with my dreams,
My life is tearing at the seams.
My mother's scared, my dad is cruel,
Happy people are a bunch of fools.
The wind slows down like my heart,
I know from this world I must part.