Friendship Holder
By Lily (Year 8, Reddam House, Poetry Object)
A friendship-holder a story-teller and forgiveness-giver, grasping heart in hand a lantern of memory, glistening Auntie’s visage It is what makes me, me writhing Rainbow Serpent emerald eucalypts, opal skies It holds the stories of sorrow and hope that Aunty told me the power of forgiveness to quench the fires of wicked wrongs It reminds me to appreciate, to understand, to believe It holds the warm loving heart of a dearly missed, wisdom-kisser who made me who I am and taught me to always be deadly


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