Sadness

• Rachel Olivieri, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2003

My body cries out to you
You leave me in the dark all alone.
I am hurt. I crumble.
I try to keep my head above the clouds.
I am falling
I hope you will catch me.
You're not there
My body slams to the ground
I want to cry. I can't.
My tears are making the tide
I can't swim.
I am all alone.
I hide beneath the covers night and day
I look in the mirror
You make me feel
Like nobody.