Say My Name

• Tess Eldridge Hayes, Grade 3
• Poetry
• 2018

I close my eyes
I see nothing
I open my mouth
I say nothing.
I know my name
But it isn't the one they call me.
That name means nothing

I don't want to do nothing.
I want to look after babies and animals.
I want to sing
I want to change the world
I want to ride my bike as fast as my brothers
And make them proud.
I want people to know my name.

I want to do and say lots of things
And for people to call me by my name.