Contest:Character Poetry Contest/Alexander - Onyx

Onyx
Written by Alexander Su'apa'ia, about the lack of loyalty he has faced over his years.

Fa'amaoni. As a child

I met many people

Who didn’t seem to care.

They came, they went

But never seemed to change.

But all the time, my feelings seemed to hang

I was sent,

To who seemed to share,

My blood, my nose,

But did they ever care?

NO! They said, “Screw that kid,”

Just like the others did.

Then, I found a group like me,

Excluded, like me, by others

Left to die, out of thought, out of mind,

By our fathers and our mothers.

I lived on bread, and stinking cheese,

Stolen by my brothers,

Until, one day,

They snitched on me,

And sold me to the coppers.

I got 3,

Then set free,

With a satyr named Mikael

He kept me fed, kept me clean, Though my spirit was still cold as hail

I still not sure,

But I’m starting to think

There’s loyalty in here.

The people here all treat me kindly

And most of them seem to care.