The Blog staff’s second assignment was to “Find a cause” and share it with us, The Bird on Fire readers. Some student bloggers chose to champion their own causes, explain causes going viral, or causes brought about through environmental, political, or social change. Penny, in verse form, chose to illuminate the importance of reaching out to another.
Blog Advisor Zachik
By 7th-Grader Penny Andreas
The school bell rings
Kids come out of the doors
I sit there waiting
Thinking had anybody come
I come back to my house
Nobody wondering if I am okay
Nobody even noticing
I sit alone with my doubts
I take a walk
By myself
Thinking would anybody notice
If I was gone
Next day I consider not waking up
Still I come to school
Then she walked up to me
And said she wanted to talk
My classmate guided me out to the hall
She asked if I was okay
I started to cry
I started to bawl
I told her everything
My struggles at home
I told her the feeling
Of being alone
At first she just looked at me
Then took my hand
She said it would be okay
And she understands
She helped me to my feet
And said she was sorry
She said I have felt that feeling
Of feeling solitary
I will forever thank her
For getting me to my feet
For listening to what I said
For accepting me
For somehow seeing
That feeling