by Annie (source)
Annie wrote the following poem during the pandemic when she was nine years old. She and her parents have given their permission to share it in the knowledge that all feelings are okay and naming them is an important first step to coping with them.
I am a boat leaking with worry water
I am the sea that carries it far beyond the sunset
I am the fish that feasts on the worry water
I am the eagle that feasts on the worry fish
I am the girl who reads this poem
I am her mind that breathes in the worry
I am the body that meditates the worry boat
To worry island.