Dear Adults

• Francesca Manitta, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2021

Dear Adults.

Dear Adults,
How are you today?
It would be great if you asked us the same.
Dear Adults,
Are you listening?
Or is the false interpretation of what we are going through that you created yourself still ringing in your ears?
Dear Adults,
We are so sorry that we left plates in our rooms, but the feeling of numbness has spread to our legs, and we simply cannot find the strength to get up anymore.
Dear Adults,
You always tell us to listen to our intuition,
But how do we make others listen to us when we say we know what’s best for ourselves?
Dear Adults,
Listen to us, help us. Please.

Sincerely,
Your children, your nieces and nephews, your students, your grandchildren, your family.