Words

• Keely Lay, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2019

Words;
They surround me like the people here on earth
They sing and dance, each unique and different
Piquant, insidious, devilish
Pomegranate, mississippi, juggle
Obtainable, swimming, squeamish
Coconut, basketball, disagree
After years have gone by
They start piling up in huge mountains
Enormous mountains of phrases and sentences swirl inside my brain
It drives me nuts that I can’t say them out loud
They’re all stuck inside my head, making me stand out of the crowd
I can’t walk, and I definitely can’t talk
Words,
They are all stuck inside my mind, just wanting to escape