Competition Entry

If you are me,
you know how it feels and how it gets you.
Nothing can take it away.
It will always stay with you.
If it is what you pop your passion into
you can achieve anything.

Artists are people with imaginations
It is how they get the ability to form creations.
What a talent they are
Wow, they are stars
All sorts of stuff
Just make you wanna go puff
We can sure see the creativity
I wonder how they get their motivity?
Well the visions we see
Are amazing don’t you agree
You can create what you see
But for now the visions upon these
Will stay here and be
What ever you can see.

Trees on fire
The earth is dire
And it’s all because of us
Animals dying
Pollution flying
And it’s all because of us
But we are not doomed yet
Because we can stop this threat
If we stop this now I bet
Just be globally friendly
And if we all start now
We might be able to all bow
Because we saved the world

I think of myself as a strong noble hill
Willing to stand for what I believe in
But on the inside I’m thoughtful and caring
Like the hill I am is hollow
I imagine myself standing alone
with different views and opinions, a lone wolf

Some say I’m clever
And I am but in my own unique way
I get different answers because I see different questions
I don’t understand things that others find easy
But what they find hard I find easy

Everyone thinks I’m energetic and bright
But sometimes I’m not
I’m always doing things before I think
I’m different compared to other people
I like being different

Perfect eyesight that’s what my brother has,
He says he could be a pilot and all that jazz.

But it’s only vision that’s short-sighted for me,
Life in 2020 I can clearly see.

Coronavirus arrived and changed how we live,
Remain at home was advice the Prime Minister tried to give.

How school changed learning through Teams,
The new norm, my lessons and teachers on screens.

But in all the worry and numbers of deaths the news told us,
Lockdown life was different with less of the fuss.

Appreciating keyworkers and clapping with others,
I spoke more to friends and with my grandmothers.

I discovered my bike and cycling in the wood,
And family walks as the car on the drive it just stood.

My telescope, out of the box it finally came,
The night sky clear, the stars so bright they looked aflame.

Flour, sugar, butter and eggs came out for baking,
A weekly conveyor belt of cakes we were making.

And so we wait for a vaccine to be made,
Hopefully a cure and not just a Band-Aid.

We carry on social distancing and in our school bubble,
Until coronavirus goes and gives us no more trouble.

A world of magic,
One full of beasts.
A world of magical gadgets,
One of things yet to be released.

Imagination that has gone wild,
Visions that have run free.
Imagination of a child,
Visions that make me an escapee.

A world of magic,
One full of beasts.
A world of magical gadgets,
One of things yet to be released.

Imagination of a world,
Visions of my own.
Imagination I observe,
Visions that are yet to be known.

Virus has gone.
It’s new world once again.
Sure you felt pain
It made you stronger than ever.
On this earth, emerged disgust & sadness
Nevertheless, we all will find our happiness.

WINNING POEM

V isualizing your dreams into reality
I magine a better world, put your past behind you
S eeing into my future
I view the world through cloudy eyes
O ptimistic thoughts run through my mind
N obody here to judge me, just me myself and I

If I could walk in your shoes,
I would dance in the rain,
And run through the streets.
I would retrace your steps,
And relive your most beautiful moments.

If I could see through your eyes,
I would show you how colourful the world can be,
I would paint the skies your favourite shade of blue,
And create the most beautiful art.

You were my teacher,
You showed me how to see the beauty in the world,
Even when all I saw was darkness.

So now it’s my turn,
I’ll hold the torch
And show you the way.

If only I could walk in your shoes,
If only I could see through your eyes,
If only.

We all start as that joyful green leaf
that green leaf that sways
back and forth in the endless breeze
That green leaf
that’s just sparked with happiness
through spring and summer
That green leaf that screams with excitement
exploring the world and trying to find value
That green leaf that is full of curiosity
full of humor and love
That green leaf that, as time goes by,
grows and develops and eventually starts to see change
That green leaf that starts to slow down
and steadily shows holes
That green life that is now
a mourning purple to a dangerous red
to a blinding orange to a dirty brown
to a passionless yellow
That green leaf that starts to lose strength
and has turned that exciting laugh
to an accepted and peaceful grin
That green leaf that eventually starts to fall down
to an unknown world as it replays the memories
of its life in a quick second
That green leaf that closes its eyes and
comes to a rest