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The Bed

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Makaela

The BedMakaela
00:00 / 02:16
The Bed

The girl, filled with happiness and kindness, put her tears on her bed

She put all her worries and love on her bed

She put what she wanted and what she needed on her bed

She put all her feelings down on her bed


She put all the things she had seen throughout the day on her bed

She put what had been said to her that day on her bed

She put all her fun on the bed


She put her mum’s happiness, of the first time her mum had ever held her in her arms, on the bed

She put her sister and all the games and joy of spending time with her on the bed

She put her brother and their play fights on the bed

She put the motorbike that she had been building with her stepdad, that's not quite finished and all the parts of the bike, like the motor and the tyres, on her bed

She put the memories of her cousins’ passing on the bed


She put her first birthday down on the bed

She put down the memories of the Christmas party that she had every year on the bed

She put her emotions on the bed


She put the taste of ramen noodles and chocolate-covered strawberries on the bed

She put her sickness down on the bed

She put all her pain on the bed


She put all her friends' names and looks on the bed

She put the eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two and one times tables down on the bed

She put her hopes of getting a car and all her other dreams down on her bed


She put the anime that she had watched that day on her bed

She put down the conversations with her friends on the bed

She put her favourite drink, a caramel milkshake that she had been wanting to drink for a while, on her bed


She put all the emotional and physical scars on her bed

She put all the hugs and kisses that she had got down on her bed

She put all the water and air on the bed


She thanked the bed for everything it had done for her

and that made it stand tall and let all her worries go, ready for the next time.

Fresh Voices Tamariki 2024.

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