Poetic Book Buzz of
Livia Blackburne’s
Midnight Thief 

 

            by Chloe Park – Brambleton Middle School

 

Kyra…

She’s small, but don’t underestimate what’s beneath the surface

She steals, but don’t judge before you understand

She might not have much, but when the moon comes up at night the shadows welcome her home

She’s silent, but when she speaks her words could topple a nation

She was born to be great, but she lost so much on the way

Now it seems her destiny is to stay hidden, but that is not her way

Will she choose to fight back or will she stay the same?

 

Waiting in the shadows, she stalks the palace grounds

When she does the unthinkable, she questions everything she believes in

She needs to break free, but the chains that bind her cannot be broken

She knows it’s wrong, but she can’t afford to fail

 

She is caught

She’s terrified, but not for herself

She knows to survive, she needs to play their game

In order to save them from the fate she almost had

But are they the ones who need saving?

 

The fire, it burned through the night

The fire, it took everything from her

The fire, it awakened her rage

Now the fire, it will pay

 

Grieving, she must protect the chains that bound her

Grieving, she must avenge the one she lost

 

She creeps unnoticed to the place she swore never to go back to

She walks unafraid toward the danger

Will they break her?