A grandmother is sighing,
A life of poverty and rape,
A cycle with no escape,
The children are dying
*Poverty takes lives*
I’m lying in my bed
My body’s as cold as can be,
Then a wind opens the curtains
And a light falls upon me.
At first I am afraid
What will I become,
Then I think it’s play time
I want to have some fun.
So slowly I get out of bed
Gently open my door,
Walk all through the house
My feet don’t touch the floor.
As I walk towards the pool
I think “I won’t be long”,
“If I’m back before brekkie time
Nothing will go wrong.”
Now that I’m in the garden
I see the light close up,
I don’t realise I’m near the pool
But before I fall it picks me up.
I’m climbing up higher
Near the stars and the moon,
And looking at the sight I think
“I’ll see my friends soon.”
“I’ll see them tomorrow at kindy
We can run around and play,
They always seem so sad
So I’ll tell them what I saw today.”
“Maybe they’ll be happy
I can see them happy now,
Oh if only I was a teacher
I could show them how.”
“How to be happy all day
And happy all night too,
To make them happy I’ll tell them
That tonight I flew!”
I had to go home then
Coz I could see the sun,
So the light let go of me
Down its legs I had run.
As I got closer to home
I saw people in white,
Mummy and daddy were crying
I think they were up all night.
The people were carrying something
Someone, but I couldn’t see who,
And then they pulled the blankets off
And I couldn’t believe it was true.
It was a little girl the age of three
I felt so confused inside,
Because the little girls face was familiar
It was mine! Does it mean I died?
No it can’t be right
Because I’m here and I can stand,
I look down at my fingers
But I can’t properly see my hand.
I start to cry and call out
I want my mummy, daddy and home,
There’s not another person out here
I don’t want to be all alone.
I don’t understand what’s wrong
So I looked up at the sky,
The sun was full of meaning
And now I understand why.
It’s all because of this poverty
It finds our lives to take,
And now it found my house
So now, my body won’t wake.
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