2009 Middle School
2nd Prize Winner


Lately I’ve found myself drifting
Swept away by the sea
Never to reach land again
Never again to be

Lately I’ve found myself drifting
Never in the same place
Always treading water
Hoping to find a familiar face

Lately I’ve found myself drifting
Among strangers I will stay
Struggling to survive somewhere
My surrounding starting to decay

So take me in, give me hope
And I just might start swimming
Give me a lifeline to hold on to
And maybe I might stop drifting.
Brooke