Poetry

If Only I Could

Rickza Kerr

If only I could help the world.I would like to get bad people and teach them howto be nice.If only I could fly and help people with their feelings,and stop them from killingpeople that are trying really hard to help us all to be goodpeople and nice and kind to others like us who comefrom a different country.If only I could help my family from Haiti and us too.I would make them feel welcome to the new countrywe live in now.If only I could talk to them.I would say welcome and how is Haiti? How is it there?If only I could ask Mom and Dad a question in Creole.I would ask, “Did you miss me and Ericka and Ruth, Mom and Dad?”If only I could go back and save my best friend from the orphanage.I would be so happy for the children because their birth familiesget them back!I would give them to their new family that was waiting for thema long time.If only I could help the world.I would like to get people and teach them how to be nice.If only I could…

Rickza is a Haitian-American, adopted by her mom, Ruth, and living in the United States with her sister since July of 2013.

If Only I Could Rickza Kerr
Rickza Kerr, 11
Seattle, Washington

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