Silhouettes

• Alice Socorro, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2019

The emptiness within is filled with the confusion of my mind
The absence of belonging clouds my vision
These tears graze my eyes, my anguish, my pain
Where are they?
My Friends, my family, those haunting my past
Their silhouettes paint the story of my dreams
My fear of being alone consuming my body
Where are they?
Pictures of memories lost, hanging on my walls
I can’t stop the trembling of my lips
What should I do?
Your shadows tell me to keep moving in my life
To remember those I’ve lost but to look to my future
Because you say that I’m always, with you
Hope arrests the darkness