How?

• Mia Kaltner, Grade 3, St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
• Poetry
• 2022

Excellence Award in the 'Summertime Fun ONLINE' competition

I need a clue to figure out what I should do.
I don't know why this is happening.
Sometimes I ask myself who am I?
They give me a choice and I use my voice.
But my words don’t matter.
They’ll demand that I stay, but I'll stick to my usual way.
Will they forgive me, forget me or replace me?
I fear they will all move on and I can't ignore it.
It is something I can't push away.
Something I need to solve on my own.
Not tomorrow but today.
What if I make the wrong choice, will my consequences be dire?
I think this is going to backfire.
I need to solve this now, I’m tired of figuring out how.