004 . . . Day 16 . . . MONDAY
and when I awake there will be paper cranes
filling the sky
birds without wings flying freely
on a breeze not mine
Ms. Hill hit me today. I told her I was sorry and she hit me again. Owie owie owie. But then she gave me crayons - a blue one and a black one and a white one and a pink one and a red one and a yellow one - and some paper and told me to draw something nice. So I drew aaall my old friends in a castle and some stars and a moon and a big heart in the sky too because we used to have that I think.
Ms. Hill said it was the noises from the chapel that drove me bonkers yesterday. I told her I was sorry again and this time she didn't hit me but smiled and said that my drawing was nice and that when I move to a room in the hallways I can bring it with me and tack it to the walls if I want to. Then I drew some more until I was out of paper and had to give the crayons back. But I got to keep the drawings; the nurse who gave me lunch told me she was putting them up outside the door so they wouldn't get lost or torn up or thrown away.
After lunch someone brought me a couple of shirts to try on. They had really long sleeves and were pretty big and hard to move around in and then that person made a few things on my back and I was stuck! But it was kind of fun so it was okay and he told me it fit me like a glove and I'd get to wear it all the time when I moved and it's going to be awesome. I can't wait.
filling the sky
birds without wings flying freely
on a breeze not mine
Ms. Hill hit me today. I told her I was sorry and she hit me again. Owie owie owie. But then she gave me crayons - a blue one and a black one and a white one and a pink one and a red one and a yellow one - and some paper and told me to draw something nice. So I drew aaall my old friends in a castle and some stars and a moon and a big heart in the sky too because we used to have that I think.
Ms. Hill said it was the noises from the chapel that drove me bonkers yesterday. I told her I was sorry again and this time she didn't hit me but smiled and said that my drawing was nice and that when I move to a room in the hallways I can bring it with me and tack it to the walls if I want to. Then I drew some more until I was out of paper and had to give the crayons back. But I got to keep the drawings; the nurse who gave me lunch told me she was putting them up outside the door so they wouldn't get lost or torn up or thrown away.
After lunch someone brought me a couple of shirts to try on. They had really long sleeves and were pretty big and hard to move around in and then that person made a few things on my back and I was stuck! But it was kind of fun so it was okay and he told me it fit me like a glove and I'd get to wear it all the time when I moved and it's going to be awesome. I can't wait.