The Bed
By
Makaela
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.