Poetry

Eyes

Analise Braddock

I see the worldHas a pathThrough the safetyOf my dampDeep ditch

Overgrown withThe wild

Like a snakeCoiling around me

My body long goneMy eyes are intact

I see theSun blazingHighI wonder

Could I ever reachThe sky?

I have no body I knowMy clan and ISettled in a ditch

With grass asan itchy floor, ladybugsAll over

Counting their dotsSo red so alive

I see the worldThrough my ditchSo livelySo thrilling

Analise Braddock
Analise Braddock, 10
Katonah, NY

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