Santiago! Sarai shouts sharply
I barely hear her
The sound of the roaring waters of Niagara Falls
Muffles the sound of Sarai’s voice
I look up, trying to find the silhouette of her
But it’s too dark, the moon doesn’t shine bright enough
I slowly get up, pain shooting straight up my left leg
Ouch! I screech in agony, and immediately fall back down
Crash! My body collapses onto the ground
A sharp pain begins in my head,
My head starts to throb, I reach behind my head,
And feel a warm, thick substance ooze down my neck
Next thing I know, the lights go completely out
I wake up, shivering, my head still in great pain
I think hard as to how I got here on the rocks,
Next to a waterfall
It all comes back to me, the trip Sarai and I were enjoying,
Until we got lost, my foot slipped down the rocks
I flew off the rocks, hitting the ground, legs first
I try to view my surroundings, desperately looking for Sarai
It’s still so dark, I can barely see the trees as I walk
Sarai?! I shout, no words come back
My stomach begins to growl, my stomach gnawing at my own insides
I’m hungry, Sarai’s gone, I’m lost, it’s so cold and dark
I don’t know what to do, I feel hopeless
I stare through the canopies of the trees, straight at the stars
I close my eyes, imagine I’m with my Sarai and all is well
And come to the conclusion of,
I’m going to die
I’m going to die
I wrote this poem in my English class last week, we had to include something related to Niagra Falls, getting lost, and a charcter with the name of either Santiago or Ronald, I decided to change the second name, and stick with Santiago. This was a narrative poem, and I chose to make it about a man who gets lost after falling, and his wife goes missing.