-Poem by Lexi Morsch, Grade 7

I woke up this morning and guess what I saw?
A little black fly, buzzing in the hall.
It followed me to breakfast, it followed me to school.
It folowed me to soccer practice, ballet class, the pool.
It followed me to dinner and all I could do was stare.
It landed on my spaghetti, my bread, my hair!
It landed on mom's wedding ring, her coffee cup, the psalms we sing.
My dog's nose, my dad's tie, my brother's bat, my apple pie.
As it watched me brush my teeth that night, I summoned up a plan:
I'd catch it unexpectly and flush it down the can.
I made my move so slyly, but my flame went out too quick.
My candle's brilliance had extinguished--it burned up all its wick.
I turned the light on careful, to see what had gone wrong...

...and there lay the fly, already gone.

I watched its lifeless body for a moment, and I realized just then:
That all it ever wanted was a true best friend.