Thursday, December 17, 2009

I am - poem by Emma

I am...
I am a patient girl who loves hedgehogs.
I wonder how hedgehogs evolved on the earth.
I hear the wind, softly blowing as it rustles the trees branches.
I see a hedgehog climbing out from its hiding place to seek other shelter in the vast area of trees and open grass.
I want to follow it, but I do not for I shall not disturb it.
I am a patient girl who loves hedgehogs.
I pretend to be a hedgehog.
I feel the wind tugging at my hair, telling me to follow the hedgehog.
I touch the hedgehog's spiny fur.
I worry that it might prick me and that I will get hurt.
I cry as I feel the hedgehog's spiny fur enter my soft flesh.
I am a patient girl who loves hedgehogs.
I understand now that I should not touch wild animals.
I say, let all hedgehogs be at peace in their green home.
I dream that all hedgehogs are not disturbed so they may be at peace.
I try to talk to the hedgehog, but it can not understand me and runs away into the dense green brush.
I hope that I will see that hedgehog again soon.
I am a patient girl who loves hedgehogs