Middle School Literary Edition
Mother Earth
by Danica Hanson, grade 6
M- My home, my planet, my peace
O- Overlooking the nighttime sky, silver moonlight tears on my face
T- The horrible things people have done to corrupt our planet
H- Have mercy Lord to the people who’ve sinned, for forgiveness is always necessary
E- Easier to choose hate since it’s easier to show, although love wins that war
R- Reading the stars at night, thinking how lonely they must be
E- Easier to show war than peace, but peace always wins that war
A- As I stare from my window, tears dripping down my eyes, just thinking
R- Reading my own thoughts, wondering if I’ll be okay, I’ll be fine
T- Thinking, just silently thinking, face now buried in my hands
H- Hovering over my window, silent as the wind, silence is what I prefer as I cry myself to sleep