My perspective

I’m eleven and this is how I feel

About life and everything that is and isn’t real

Like movies that make me cry buckets of tears Or newspaper articles that unleash my fears

What I see and think may be different from you

Well, that’s because we both have a different point of view

I see people littering and that makes me mad

I hear about child abuse and that makes me sad

I would like to make this a peaceful place to live

If a genie gave me three wishes, that’s what I would wish for In my mind, I’d donate for a cause

And bandage injured animals’ paws

I live to care, to give, to love But sometimes I don’t do enough Humankind is selfish and greedy Rarely willing to help the needy

Kind acts are hard to find these days But I try to do them in my own ways A kind heart is much better than gold Better than all the money in the world.

– By Joanne Chong Siew Jen, 11

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