Life on a farm!
By Andrea Free 10F!
Life or death
Life on the farm is hard,
It’s not what people think
I’ve grown up here
We’ve been through a lot
Like drought,
The equine flu,
It’s not easy
But we work through it
The Silence
If you stay on the farm for too
long
You can go mad like my mother
She was a city girl
Brought here by my father
They got married
She was pregnant
With me and my twin sister
Kisha,
Sadly mum
Couldn’t take the silence
And the lack of shops,
She shot my baby brother
Then turned the gun on herself
Fading
Life hasn’t been the same
since,
Dad hasn’t spoken about it
My twin sister is slowly
Starting to fade away,
She was close to mum
Head Spin
I heard the news first
I immediately I thought of
Kisha
How is she going to take it?
Will she do the same after a
while?
My head spun
I fainted,
Every one worried about me
But it’s Kisha they should
worry about
I’m fine.
Home
Two days after the accident
I was allowed to go home
But I didn’t want to
I wanted to stay in the city
I didn’t want to go mad like
mum,
It was scary going home
Cracking
The house was cleaner than it
had ever been
It was hard to not cry
But I had to stay strong
For Kisha
For dad
For myself
I ran to my room
I wanted to cry
I held back
I’m not weak
I won’t crack under pressure
Or will I.
Sleeping in
That night I cried myself to
sleep
I couldn’t help it
I tried not to but
Anyway
Kisha was up already
She made breakfast
She always got up early
I slept in
I always do
Reflex
That day
Dad yelled and slapped Kisha
I hit him back
It was a reflex
Usually mum does it
But she’s not here
And she won’t be
Ever
No Care
Dad left
He didn’t come back for a
long time
He left at 11:30 in the
morning
He got back at 1:00 the next
day
By then we already had
lunch
He didn’t seem to care
He went to his room
Serious
Dad didn’t come out for three
hours
He yelled
Again
He said to have all our stuff
packed by morning
I thought he was joking
So I laughed
He was serious
We ate
We decided to make a plan
Kisha cooked and ate
While I packed
Then I ate
While she packed
We never saw dad
But he was there
No idea
Almost 5 hours passed
I was lying in bed
Kisha came in
Are you awake?
Yes I said
What do you think Dad will do?
I have no idea I replied
But you’ve been thinking
Right
Yes I have
Going
In the morning
Dad came in my door
Get up
Now
Get your stuff down to the car
Be quick about it
OK
Don’t talk just go
Driving
In the car
Driving down the road
We started heading toward
the city
Dad
Where are we going?
You’ll see
Just sit down and shut up
The City
Two hours later
We got to the city
It was huge
There was no space for animals
Or 4 wheelers
What a sad and sorry sight
Forever
Dad
How long are we staying?
We’re not
You girls are
For ever
WHAT!
You can’t do this to us
I can and I will
You got it
Dad
Where are we
I don’t know
We are in the city
At your Dad’s house
No you are Dad
Crap
You’re not.
Are you
Not Dad
How can you expect us to forgive
you?
And mum for not telling us?
You’re not dad
That’s a big deal
Listen to me
I’m talking to you
I hate you
Hey
Don’t walk away from me
I hate you
You suck
I’m glad you’re not my dad
Oops
Goodbye
Dad don’t leave us here
I didn’t mean it
Please
I love you Dad
I’M NOT YOUR DAD
Now I have to go
Good bye girls
Wait
What are we doing?
Heath
Well this is Heath
Who the hell is he?
And what does he have to do
with us
He is your real father
WHAT
No
Be nice
No
He is gay looking
I Insist
I’m sorry Heath
I’m sure she didn’t mean that
Never mind that
Please come in
Talk to me while Lorraine makes
tea
Oh no thanks
I have to get back to the farm
I insist
Just Fine
So what are the girls like?
Well
Kisha is noisy
Bossy
And always fights back
And Nyah
Well
She’s the complete opposite
She’s quite
Does as she’s told
And agrees with every thing you
say
You’ll get along just fine