TOGETHER

(a poem by 11 years old Emma)

When the world is sick,

And the people are ill,

They stay at home, trapped,

Waiting for the end of the darkness,

The end of the loneliness.

Soon, some people want their freedom back,

Out of windows, on balconies,

People, young and old,

Singing, shouting,

Playing instruments,

Just making noise, happy noise,

To blow away the darkness,

And bring in the light.

Everybody joins in,

Collecting their happy, relentless spirit,

To battle against the hard times,

To stay alive.

Even if our bodies are broken.

That's what humans are good at.

Staying alive.

(Emma Dimitrova,  my 11 years old daughter, 15/3/20)