Poetry, Grades 10 - 12: First Place


Save Me - Lillian Garber

              

save me from the oil slicks

the rocky torn down towns

save me from the hilly plains

that cover undead grounds

save me from the tortured heap

that lay upon the floor

save me from the sliced up sheets

that washed it all ashore

save me from my own damn self

the self you never knew

save me from the screeching words

that haunt and scream and rue

save me from the turned up lakes

the pointy prickled sand

save me from the sprinkled soot

that pushed up on the land

save me from the evil side

the side that sneaks up slow

save me from the worshiped side

the side i'll never know

 

 


 


Lillian is in the11th grade at Armstrong high school.  Her activities and interests includesinging, guitar, piano, painting, and being with friends.