Waking Up
Written by Daniel Barton
I have a window on my door
I can see lots of green lines
They make lots of small squares
Outside the hall is shiny white
The floor is too
And the ceiling
That’s covered in something bubbly and wavy
Mummy calls it “R-Tex”
My door is white too
But it doesn’t shine like the white outside
Mummy made the smiling men paint my walls blue three sleeps ago
She said they go with all my flowers and cards
I remember them painting it
The smiling men came and made everything blue and gave me lots of hugs
The floor is still shiny white
I want the fluffy blue one with red patterns from my bedroom at home
Mummy said I can’t have that though
She cried when I asked her why not
Mummy said I was sleeping for a long time
I don’t feel like I had a big sleep
Mummy said I slept from one birthday to the next
That means I will be eight in just twenty sleeps
The talking man is coming here today
He always asks me lots of questions
He likes to ask me if I’m happy
And he always asks if I can remember what happened before my big sleep
I try and try but I can’t
There’s a bad man inside my head who makes me scream if I think too much
I don’t want to scream
It makes me cry
Mummy cries too when I cry
She holds my hand and tells me it’s all ok
I asked mummy why my sister didn’t come to see me
We had a big fight before my sleep
I hope she knows I’m not mad anymore
It’s ok that she lost my hat
I miss my sister
Mummy said daddy made her go to heaven
She said that god came and took him away while I had my big sleep
She said God was angry at daddy for making my sister go to heaven
Mummy said you’re supposed to only go there when god tells you too
The smiling man will be here soon
He always gives me stuff that makes me sleepy
He says I have to take it or I might hurt myself
I don’t think I will hurt myself
I want to go outside and play today
I wonder if mummy will bring me a sweet today
Or maybe an ice cream instead
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