Water

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by Samaira Jain aged 10

Waving like enormous waves in the sea
Awesome to me because it makes the pleasant beach
Thankful I am to it and tasteless it feels to me
Every precious drop is important as many lessons they teach
Refreshment it is which keeps us alive till today and makes us a group called ‘WE’

How Long?

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by Harper aged 11

Three years.

Three years since I thought I was stuck

Stuck in the moment you left

Your beachy ringlets stared at me like Medusa’s snakes

Framed as a monster

But really just some hurt little boy

Your dad left early

Your mom barely paid attention to you

It still hurts me

When I think about how you ripped my letter

Just like my heart

Some part of me knew you cared

But some part of me knew you didn’t

I won’t tell anyone I waited

And you won’t tell anyone

The secrets I kept to myself

Something that i hid in the deepest parts of me

You knew

And you kept it there in the deepest parts of you

You were always resistant and scared

But why me

Why was I the one you confided in

Maybe it was my gentle eyes

Or my wavy hair

Or maybe it was the fact we were broken in the same ways

You look at me with such hatred

And I’ll never understand why

My guilt eats me alive

Just like how your fear ate every part of you with a soul

Even though we’re apart

We never talk

We give glares and mean taunts

I hope your okay

I hope you find peace in knowing you shouldn’t be responsible for him

That’s not your job

I hope you’re okay

I hope you find every little piece of love you can and let it hug you

You were worth it Medusa

The six months were worth it

And even if those six months are the death of me

I hope you’re okay

I hope your dad finally lets you cry

And I hope your mom finally says I’m proud

I hope your brother stops depending on you

We could’ve been so great

We could’ve been legendary

But if it really was just momentarily

I hope you’re okay

Winter

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by Evie aged 7

Windy
Icy
Never boiling
Temperature is cold
Exquisitely freezing
Really not many flowers

What Will I Be?

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by Jeanri Jordaan aged 10

I am a spy, having fun,
on the lookout, ready to run.
Creeping closer, somethings strange,
I need a disguise! I need to change!

I am a teacher, sitting on my chair,
looking for my pen, but it’s not there!
Searching up and down, looking everywhere,
I looked down, I looked up, but it was stuck in my hair!

I am a rider, riding free,
riding quickly, you can’t catch me!
The wind whispers secrets as we roam,
in this equestrian journey, we find our home.

I am a pilot, working at night,
giving my passengers a nice steady flight.
Catching the beautiful moment, as I fly,
looking at the gorgeous, sunset sky.

I am a salon worker, painting a nail,
I try it again, as I fail.
I make it perfect, as they sit in the chair,
“The nails are done. Now time for hair!”

I am a baker, baking a cake,
I burnt the last layer for goodness sake!
I put the last layer in the oven and try it again,
I take out the icing but right then…

I find myself in my bed,
thinking about everything my mind has said.
Thinking about all the jobs I see,
and I wonder, when I’m older what will I be?

The Person Underneath

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by Jeanri Jordaan aged 10

You may have dimples,
or freckles or pimples,
small ears, strange eyes or big teeth.
But it doesn’t matter,
on the inside it counts,
it’s only the person who lives underneath.

Eid

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by Aisha aged 10

Eating a lot of tasty food

I get money and presents

Dogs wagging their tails around

The Great English Teacher

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by Samaira Jain aged 10

The impossible vocabulary and words
The impossible sentences
The impossible comprehension
The impossible crosswords
The impossible word searches
The impossible games

The English friend of
You and me
It is the one person
Who we call the English friend
Of ours
The one who taught us
The complicated words and sentences
We use today
The complicated comprehension and games
We play and do together

Together we do things
Filled with joy, fun and spirits
Not always the same thing it is
Sometimes very boring
Sometimes very very very boring
Sometimes it would make us cry and beg her to stop

However it has
Always contributed and helped us in
Our journey with her
It has and will always stay
A brilliant learning experience for us
No matter what

Pretend?

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by Zareen Hussain aged 17

Pretend?
How could I pretend it never happened?
Pretend we never met,
pretend you’ve never held me in your arms
or that I never laid my eyes on yours and surrendered to their charms.

It sounds so simple to pretend.
Surely you must think it would be easy for me,
to live through such a dense lie,
but I am haunted when I rest
and once I rise by the fact that we never Actually said goodbye.

Once my pretending is over am I to just forget?
Forget our memories,
forget our laughs,
our adventures and our ridiculous inside jokes.
But to think one day we may forget each other’s voices is what really hurts me most.

And upon forgetting will our world not crumble?!
If you and I
both remove the same memory from our heads,
for it to never be remembered again.
Will we continue to live our lives satisfied with the presence of another in our lives

They tell me life goes on,
And, perhaps it does.
But,
Perhaps it doesn’t,
for how am I to breathe air which you haven’t exhaled.
How am I to read harmonic love stories,
knowing that our love hadn’t prevailed?

How am I to ever stop loving you.
Missing you, wanting you, hating you,
wishing you had died.
For perhaps if you had left this world,
Missing you would be much more reasonable,
with there being no chance of you again being by my side.
I wish it was so easy to simply Pretend.

Grow

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by Ismah aged 7

Flowers grow & they give a beautiful view
We use a flask to water & flowers grow throughout summer
We love flowers
Dove birds fly above flowers
Bees & wasps point & cry
Bye bye bye little bees.