In that night, in that world
Reigned a false sense of security
An innocent thought that all people were good
And free of impurity
In that night, in that completely different world
I believed in the light
But now I am drowning
In the shadows
In that night, everything changed
The way that birds flew
The way bees buzzed
The way trees grew
The way I smiled
The way I laughed
The way I was still innocent
I was still a child
No longer am I whole
A beast crawls within
A monster in my gut
I think it’s going to win
Inspired by the novel, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
© Kylie Spencer
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Grade 9
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