Disguised Beginnings

• Caitlyn Parsons, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2022

Now is long silence,
For you are not here,
You always were quiet,
But there’s nothing to fear,
For we have all lost,
Now the room is grief,
We paid the cost,
To the life-stealing thief,
But from your point of view,
Is it really that bad,
Does it make you feel blue,
Or are you not all that sad,
Is it really the end,
When life is taken,
A sorrowful wend,
Or a beginning mistaken.