Lavinia: “Dear school, I feel you are distant, distant as never before”

Dear school,
It’s been a little hard to appreciate you lately,
you changed constantly,
at the wrong time,
without even warning me,
and you turned your back on me
when I needed it most.

Dear school you have never been an enemy to me,
nor anything unpleasant
very unwanted,
but lately, I confess to you,
you make me more and more afraid,

you make me scream and cry
I feel abandoned
I chased you for months without stopping,
from side to side
and then you left me in the lurch
like Theseus with Ariadne.

Dear school, I feel you are distant
distant as never before
I keep screaming, calling you
to ask you to do something;
to try at least a little
not to leave me alone.
There is so much to do
much to still improve
we are here waiting
don’t let go.

Dear school, I know it’s a difficult time for you too,
that the unexpected happened,
and you’ll be as confused as me,
but try to understand me when I tell you,
I told you and I repeat to you,
that if from now on we continue together
everything will become easier.

Lavinia, 15, Rome

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