The Quiet Child

I am the person who listens

as people around me all talk

when everyone else is running

I notice each thing while I walk

I’ll be the voice that questions

the accepted answers they gave

I am the leaf that trembles

while all the other leaves wave

as I have doubted the wind

and sensed that something is wrong

I am the one that’s uncertain –

this is what makes me so strong

© Liz Brownlee from Being Me: Poems About Thoughts, Worries and Feelings. Otter-Barry 2021