The Boy Who Stood Up
Raymond Sanderson
Grade 8
While friends depart for other worlds
My heart beats in my breast
I become very lonely
I cannot rest
They then take us behind the fences
And separate girls and boys
They make us work all day and night
Then throw us out like toys
We only get little to to eat
A bag of water and bread
Sometimes when I don't eat it
My stomach starts to dread
Before all this I had a family
But now only my brother Jyie
But one day he became sick
They said it was time to die
They dragged him behind the fence
Up on a dirt mound
Then the green man pulled the trigger
Jyie slumped to the ground
I was filled with shock and horror
I started to run
Then the green man turned around
He hit my head with the gun
I grasped my bleeding temple
I fell next to Jyie
I put my hand on him
And I said goodbye
The green man kicked me in the chest
I rolled down the mound
I crashed down in the mud
The men laughed out loud
Then they started to walk away
Their boots like a broken pot
Then I realized what they were doing
They were leaving me to rot
When the sky turned dark
I rolled on my right
I lie there with my brother
And get absorbed by the night
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