Leaving
By Alexandra Will
Crashing waves, groaning wood
Gaunt faces searching for shore
Home is no longer home
Invaders, marauders, have taken everything
Except our memories
Of rolling green hills and endless blue skies
Desperate, fleeing, exhausted
Hunger gnaws at our bones
Eating us from the inside out
Father is just across the sea
Pray for us
On this rickety ship
Looking for America-
A better life
A safer place
A familiar face
To tide us through
I know it’s close
Only an ocean away
Alexandra Will is in seventh grade and loves to read. She additionally enjoys playing soccer, and lives with her parents and three brothers in Ambler, PA. When she was younger, Alexandra spent a year living in Guam with her family for her father’s business trip.