“Rock Bottom” – by Molly Pepper (age 11)

This poem was written by my brother Doug’s daughter Molly who is 11 years old. I wanted to remember it and figured a good place to accomplish that for me is by posting it on my own blog. She’s a great kid, with a huge heart, and obviously a very creative mind.

Rock Bottom
Storming the capitol
A landmark in D.C
All at the hands
Of an ex-president to be
Rioters holding a flag of red white and blue
But it’s not the one we love
Did you get the clue?
The confederate flag
Being carried throughout
They carry it with love
Fly it with no doubt.
Windows broken
And lives taken
The president then speaks
He’s finally awakened
Senators scared
They run for their lives
If they had got too close
They could’ve died
Did the police do their best?
Was it really enough?
At the end of the day
People were in handcuffs
Tear gas spread
Guns got fired
All because they obeyed
Who they most admired.
Our country has a label now
That no one truly wanted
Our own people turned on us
Is the U.S haunted?
This really wasn’t a great way
To kick off a new year
It’s truly sad to be in a world
Where you sometimes live in fear
Although we’ve hit rock bottom
We know we will rebound
Because before you fly up
You have to touch the ground
This’ll go down in history
We won’t forget this day
We will finally pull through
‘Cause we’re the USA!