Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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If Life Were Upside Down

If life were upside down

Imagine life were turned around
Imagine everything you thought you knew
Everything you loved to do
Was flipped

Would you be you?

If life were upside down

You could give up, let go
And fall

If life were upside down

You could cling on
to the last shred of hope

If life were upside down