Oh My…

• Jenny Jackson, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2019

Cries, cries,
oh, so many cries
I can’t lie
I want to die
the mind is spinning
oh, the light is dimming
my life is sinning
the dying woman eyeing us
her eyes are closing
cries for those who are lost
the woman stung – it can’t be undone
it’s only rain, it’s only rain
men smiling from the skies
hear the cries
watch them die