Open Your Eyes, Before Goodbye

• Michelle Ni, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2022

The rising of dawn,
A good day, arisen,
Speaks your first word,
Open your eyes, before goodbye.
The time has come to your 8th birthday,
A unicorn, carrying a new fate, awaiting.
Confetti galore,
Open your eyes, before goodbye.
The time has come for the final test,
Your future awaits your succumbed fate,
Memories of the good times,
Open your eyes, before goodbye.
It is time for you to go,
For real this time….
As you say your final prayers,
And take your last breath,
Open your eyes, before goodbye.