Somber Isolation

• Leanne Lai, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2018

Swimming in the still water;
cool breeze chilling the spine
But the sun warms my cheeks
Balance and content, both are found.

I look across the water and the tall birds are all paired up
Only I, an alligator in a bird’s home
am left wandering all by myself.

I want to believe you are out there.