Poems for 2020 – Year 7, Anon.

Poems for 2020 – Year 7, Anon.

World Mental Health Day poems by Ms Stone’s Year 7 poets.

My 2020

This year has been crazier than ever before

My feelings are in a kettle ready to boil over

I want to be outside with the trees and fresh water

Everybody says it will be ok

I slowly nod my head and say ok

Though really I’m wondering when I will be free

It’s like waiting on a waterslide waiting for the nod

To go

My 2020

This year I’ve felt more energetic than every before

The room of my feelings is small

On the walls they look like lockdown

My feelings taste like plain sandwiches at a picnic that only taste like bread

My feelings smell like the outdoors like a forest

My feelings feel like the relief after you’ve done something terrifying

My 2020

This year I’ve been more trapped than ever before

The room of my feelings is small but big and hot and sunny with nowhere to go and

On the walls they look like prison bars or windows with nail marks and finger prints where people have tried to get out

My feelings smell like hot ash and sweat- a dirty room when no one has done the washing

My feelings feel like a wildcat inside of me; clawing to get out