Racism – by Rose Young (aged 8)

Rose’s poem is part of a series of competition winners and runners up, inspired by the theme for HMD 2012: Speak Up, Speak Out.

If hate was an animal,
It would be a green eyed python

If hate was a place,
It would be the bottom of the ocean

If hate was an illness,
It would be the black plague

If love was a season,
It would be a warm summer

If love was a food,
It would be a birthday cake with six candles

Love is like a big fat juicy yellow mango