Keep Sleeping

• Alicia Sukkar, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2009

Raindrops sound frightening
When they hit the world outside
People are sheltering
Giving up on their mind
I wanted to change the world
But slowly the world changes me
To that person I fear
You can't break me I say
Even though I know it's a lie
Because I'm weak
And I keep on sleeping
Thunder scares children
And I'm a child
Losing the people you love
But your emotions are fading
And you can't remember their faces
As you're lost in mine
I keep sleeping
Can I do more than just sleeping?
Loudly screaming
Heal me