Robyn-Sue Mitchell

A peom written by a West Salem girl has been published in the 2000 National Anthology of Poetry.

Robyn-Sue Mitchell is the 11 yr old daughter of Robin and Paula Mitchell of West Salem, and she attends 6th grade at West Salem.

Summer, was born two and a half months premature with cerebral palsy in 1985. She battled against the disorder for two years before finally succumbing in 1987.

Robyn-Sue was born in 1989 and she grew up in a house filled with photographs and memories of a sister she will never meet. Her poem, which appears below with the permission of the Mitchell family, is about these exeriences.

SUMMER
I see these pictures on our wall,
I often sit and wonder about the baby girl.
My mom and dad tell me she is my big sister.
What happened to her I sometimes ask.
The always say she was sick,
Soi God came and took her to Heaven.
So if you have a brother or a sister,
Please be kind and never say a hurtful word.
I really wish I could have met my sister,
I sometimes get so lonely without mine.
-----Robyn-Sue Mitchell