My
First Day at Secondary School by
Selin
I’m alone,
sitting in class by myself
People shouting
at my back, having fun
Kids sharing
sweets with their friends, none for me
It’s
playtime. Kids are very happy, their eyes shining
The happiness
of the kids is breaking my heart
Being alone
is just so hard
Playtime’s
over and my life’s over
Kids pushing
and ruching into me being heartless
Again I’m
alone.
The
First Time Going to Hospital to Visit My Sister by Zahrah
The first
time, the first time I walked in,
to the
empty hospital sitting there
waiting
for the call,
I see
people miming
Help me! I don’t want to go!
As my
mum comes out to see my agony
on my
face, she smiles and
walks
me to the room.
The delicate
feather, waiting to be
touched
on the woolly hand.
As I
take her hand, smiling with delight,
I felt
like I was touching a soft toy duck.
But my
hand is pulled by the nasty nurse.
Grabs my
elbows,
As my
tears run down my cheek.
I’m
New Here by
Joshua Seigal
The
students are lining up for lunch.
I don’t
know whether to wait with them
or to
push to the front,
like
the other teachers do.
I’m new
here.
It’s my
first day of school.
The
dinner lady tells me to step forward,
to the
top of the queue.
She
spoons me an extra large portion,
with
four potatoes.
The
students get two.
They
sit in rows at long tables,
locked in
conversation
like
two sides of a zip.
I’m the
only one who chose fruit salad
instead
of chocolate cake.
I find
an empty space.
I’m new
here.
It’s my
first day of school.
They’re
prodding each other,
debating
where to sit.
They
eye the seats around me
and
decide they’d rather stand.
One of
them cracks a joke,
then
they all start laughing.
And I’m
ten years old again,
alone,
no one
to talk to, wanting to belong
more
than anything else in the world.
I’m ten
years old again,
whispered
comments prickling at my back;
my very
skin an ill-fitting uniform.
I’m ten
years old again,
the new
kid
on my
first day of school,
my eyes
searchlighting the exits,
desperate
to run away.
I take
my tray
and eat
in the staffroom.
I’m new
here.
* other 'My Firsts' written about by the group were: 'my first pet' (Asilah), 'the first time I sang in front of people' (Tanima), 'my first day in Year 4' (Malaika), 'the first time I met my baby cousin' (Misma), 'the first time I went to the zoo' (Siqa)
