I am but a drop of water

• Ashley Coleman-bock, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2004

I am but a drop of water in a sea of tears
One billionth of the sea itself
I am but a piece of life in a world where money matters
I am used again and again
Without being noticed or reckoned for
I drip I fall I am marvelled and disgraced
I do not live or love
No one notices me but I am there
I sit
I trickle
I wait
Until someday when life itself dies away
And all that hopes is gone
When all dreams turn into nightmares
When life itself disappears
When one day our reign falls