by Abigail, Grade 10
This synopsis looks good,
The cover is nice,
Open up this book,
Come and start a new life.
Here is a new home,
Meeting new friends along the way,
I want to keep on reading,
Please don’t let me reach the end.
I’ve danced between the pages
Singing out the words,
I can feel their joy,
Their pain and agony
The pages have slit my fingers,
The words have pierced my heart,
It is as if the author wielded a knife
That has torn my soul apart
I’ve laughed with these characters,
Cried with them too
Fell in love with them,
But with them, I died
Now the book has reached its end
My broken heart cannot be healed
And it’s now that I realize
It
Was
Never
real