I think I’m gonna live forever

In my next life I’ll probably be a dragon

And then when I die I’ll just come back to life as another animal

Like a dinosaur, yeah, a dinosaur!

That would be awesome.

I’d roam freely and probably go live on other planets that are better
than this one

And I’d never really die, just become other people or other animals.

Yeah, that’s how it works actually.

You didn’t know that?

This poem is published in The World in Me, a compilation of original poetry written by young people ages 8 – 17 who stayed with their families in housing at Solid Ground’s Broadview Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing for women and children. The young authors who contributed to The World in Me are not identified by their real names, and some details have been changed to protect the privacy and confidentiality of them and their families. The authors retain copyrights on their individual works.