The Spider

• Matilda O'dell-thompson, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2021

I awoke to see spiders.
They were all around me.
They were crawling on me.
And on the walls, roof, and floor
I was terrified.
I stood up and ran.
They chased me round and round.
The spiders were growing bigger and bigger.
And I was growing smaller and smaller.
Suddenly I was in a dark room.
It was a spider's belly.
I had been eaten.
I stood in the stomach acid and died.
I awoke in my bed again.
It was just a dream.
I ran downstairs and started the day.