“Box of Mystery”
By Francie Lopez
Teacher: Dawn Bail-Washington School
Award: First Place-Fourth Grade Poetry
I will put in my box……
a chinese dress, full of laughter,
a coat, full to the brim with loneliness,
a single tear, full of sadness,
I will put in my box…….
the first groan of school, filled with desperation,
the first slave who escaped,
the first letter of independence,
I will put in my box,
a gleeful laughter,
a smile as cold as the moon,
the cry of one now gone,
I will put in my box…..
the first ray of sunshine, after a cold, harsh, winter,
the first flower of spring,
the first laugh of a newborn,
I will put in my box….
a long shower of tears,
a cold feeling filling the room,
a cry of pain, soooo loud,
I will fashion the box with silver and gold, the hinges of the moonstone, the latch of peridot
When you open the box……you will feel evil, happy, sad, independent, and mysterious
You…….will be ME……………….