These Shoes
Here I am again in this hot and lonely place working
Hard and feeling so much pain. I don’t have enough
Energy to go on. The day drags, I just can’t bare this heat, I
Wish I could eat. As I work here in the dark wondering about
my next attempt to escape my life seems so stark. I start to
think of all the boys and girls who will wear these shoes on
their feet. These shoes they will wear everywhere, just like
the other 100 pairs, I have made. If only I could have my
own. I could skip and play all day, instead, I worry and I am
scared all I need is to eat and to put something on my feet.
Why oh why me I wish I had a voice to speak and the
freedom to run and play. A life like the kids who wear these
shoes. What can I do? What will you do? Do you have a say?
Madeleine Raposo
Queen of Heaven Public School, Grade 5
Age 10
2nd Prize – 2011
The Power of Healing
COSTI Art Therapy Program
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