DARKNESS ~BY POETICIA
But after many an ageing sun finally
Did tears pour when the truth bled
Look at the exchanging hands of power
They have me question hearts of sincerity
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“YES/NO”? ~BY YAMIKANI JAMALI HASSAN
This is my letter dear beautiful
Written in red ink with precision
Scribed by my heart without salutation
For you, miss easy on the eyes
I LOVE YOU BUT ~BY ABIGAIL CASOLA
Sometimes I wish that I
could end this miserable life
just because of someone like you
I hate you but I’ll miss you
you hurt me and you feel bad
oh, oh bad I love you
but you don’t love me back.
LOST DREAM ~BY SHEENA PILLAI SINGH
I lost my dream
somewhere, I thought
little did I know,
It was there, always
lying in the cold
alone and lucid..
FLASH FLOOD ~BY CHLOE ROHDE-RAMIREZ
Feelings bubble inside,
Like boiling lava.
A volcano ready to erupt,
A storm making its way up.
But I push them down,
Say ‘Nevermind,
I don’t want to bother.’
And wonder when
GENOCIDE ~BY MOHAMMAD SAFIQUL ISLAM
If they die without eating
Do ferocious animals kill their own kind?
Do tigers, lions eat themselves?
So much so that weapons hate war violence
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A POET IS THE MELODY OF A BROKEN LYRE ~BY UJJAL MANDAL
When the broken lyre can’t hold music,
Poet is there being the muse of a melody.
When winter makes all drowsy and numb,
Poet is there holding the spring flowers.
Poet becomes a nightingale voice.
FOR IN OUR HAIR, A STORY IS TOLD ~BY ANGELINA ROLSTON
Us,
With naturally red hair
Remind those of flames dancing in the wind,
Autumn leaves ablaze with colour,
And Sunsets painting the sky in hues of red and orange ,
AND IT WAS SO EASY TO LOVE YOU SO MUCH ~BY RHINA ALCANTARA
How it started, I don’t remember,
But before I met you, I was already waiting for you.
LIKE A RIVER THAT FLOWS ~BY OUMEIMA MOUELHI
Like a river that flows
On a winter’s day when it snows
Taking away dreams that we grow
Slowly, with winds that blow.
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