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Life
A new beginning
Seemingly endless
That’s what I like

Death
The end
Inescapable finish
It scares me

Stories
A new world
A different life
So unlike my own

War
People entrapped,
Tortured and killed
It makes me quiver

Fire
The burning of the old
To bring in the new
Warm and refreshing

Staring
Staring at me
I’m not sure what’s wrong
They won’t look away

Friends
Together through everything
Challenging the odds
Making it count

Spiders
Eight legs for crawling
Crawling over my face
Making me scream

Black
My favourite clothes
My best friend’s hair
My favourite colour

Mistakes
Big red rings around my words
Questions when they don’t understand
Pages getting bleached by tears

Parties and music
Together as one
Everyone dancing
I like this; it’s fun

New schools
Each bigger than the last
They won’t let me fit in
I wish I could go back

Riding my bike
Through rain and storms
Lightning lighting up the pavement
My hair getting wet

Being wrong
Having my words corrected
Never comprehending
I want to be left alone

Magic and mystery
Things that scare me
Books to read late at night
Ghosts and ghouls to make me scream

Moving
Moving house
Moving school
Being the ‘new kid’ again

Animals
Small or big
Pawed or clawed
As long as there’s less than eight legs

Mobile phones
Going off all the time
Annoying me immensely
They should be blown up

Chocolate
Chocolate biscuits,
Bars and cakes
All for me and nobody else

Homework
Taking up my free time
I can’t do it anyway
I can already see my detention

Concerts
Singing and dancing
Joining in or watching
And even more friends with my friends

New people
Making their own judgements
Before they even know me
They don’t even give me a chance

Love
Unrivalled and unbreakable
Mixed with my blood
I both love it and hate it

The original line for this stanza was actually ‘pain’, and unbreakable was ‘unbeatable’. I changed it at last moment because I didn’t want my teachers and class seeing that version. Even back then I had just enough sense to think about some of my words.