Inspired by Charles Simic’s poem “Stone”
I want to go inside you,
Where I’d see dolphins and
Hear a whispering sound
Let someone else become
A rock or a mountain
I’m happy to be an ocean like you.
Inside you are colorful
Clownfish and jellyfish
Blue waves crashing
Deep down you are dark
And cold like taiga
I wonder how you feel
And what secrets you hide
By Yesenia, age 15