Avery writes: "I wrote this poem
for my best friend’s birthday. She writes poetry herself and is a very
inspiring person all the way around. I learn a lot from her!"
The Sky Laughs and Cries
by Avery McLean
Grade Seven, Lake Champlain Waldorf School
She loved
the way you
Always
laughed with her.
At secrets
that only
Believers
can see.
Because you
taught her that
Pretending
is
Different
than believing.
That
sometimes imagining is
Knowing,
not just
Wishing.
You taught
her that reading the
Lyrics off
the Sun is humbling.
But most of
all, she learned from you
That the
Sky does
cry, but it also
Laughs.
And that’s
alright,
You said.
That’s the
way it is in this
Less than
perfect world.
Because
rain mixed with the Sun,
Tears mixed
with laughter,
After that
always comes a
Rainbow.