Competition Entry

The moon glistened in the star light,
the inky black night sky
warped around the moon and stars lightly.
The wind howled and sighed
its claws wrapping around me.
Sweat dropping from my forehead as my knees bashed together.

I suddenly felt free
and ran for my life in the desolate forest.
I ran out of breath quickly
imagining what was coming for me.
The wind covered me as if it was a blanket of mysteriousness.

I shuddered to think,
my brain was out of ideas
of how to get out of this catastrophe.
Was this ever going to end?
The magic wind spoke as if it was alive talking to me.
I blinked and blinked, thinking I was asleep but I wasn’t.

Then the moon turned red
as red as blood
or as red as a ruby.
Something moved
or someone?
Then someone laughed,
a wicked and cold-hearted laugh.

I kept running then..it got me..
they got me…
the wind couldn’t help me now…

No one could…

The trees in the breeze.
The sun is rising up in the lovely autumn sky.
People are driving in their cars.
Some are having a picnic and relaxing.
Some are playing football in the park and some
are playing on the swings, the slide and the monkey bars.
They jump off like a monkey.
Some children are playing leapfrog
in the yellow, red, purple black and orange autumn leaves.

Life is a story
A story never to be told
A story that has some glory
But bits can get cold

Life has no meaning
So don’t take it by surprise
It’s your time to shine

Reading is escaping, escaping from your fears
From worries or problems or any sorts of drears
You draw the picture, you set the stage
You have the ability to break free from your cage
Every chapter a journey, every page a delight
Every word is savoured, every word that they write
All books own their own knowledge, every one of them do
So remember that when you open up a new place to go to

Elephant appears in Savannah without hesitation
what a loud-stomper out of haven with no rotation.

Lost in the sound of the Asian –
emperors these shape-shifters are sure noise-makers
but you’ll only ever hear a bird-whistler
or a hungry-muncher and sometimes (only sometimes)
an actual elephant

Even this jungle-warrior is a life-risker
for when its newborn is by its side it’s a calf-saver,
but if something goes wrong
there’s always a compassion-giver
and in the end they’re always together.

Put your things aside and dream big!
Ever wanted to be that elephant kid?
That true-survivor, that big-banger?

Sprint to the Savannah elephant-dreamer,
slit your skin and alter your matter,
spill your outer being into elephant
and appear now as elephant
without hesitation into Savannah .

Sunshine makes me smile
The bright moon lights up the sky
Dreams go everywhere

All black lives matter,
so don’t think its okay to act out poor,
because you might have the police
knocking at your door.
The coronavirus is getting out of hand
and we need to make it better.

Feeling trapped inside a cage,
With no one to engage.
Shouldn’t I be free?
Does no one agree?
Being all alone,
Everyone has flown.
Will I ever be together with at least one other?
I wish I had another.
I have a vision,
I will connect with someone who will love me.

F riendly fish, they swim day and night.

I n the tank they swim up and down left and right

S wimming for their food, playing in bubbles

H aving a great life without any troubles.

Out in the autumn air, the lonely flower sat,
She was flooded in a pool of tears.
All she wanted is a friend,
The flower is as blue as the deep, deep ocean.
Every day she looks out, sulking,
The children have taken all of her friends,
And she’s scared they’ll take her too…

Out in the rain, cold and dark,
She started to shout and scream.
The leaves started to fall on her,
Bruising her glamorous petals.

One day someone heard her cry,
So they picked her up gently.
They put her in their garden,
Under a huge oak tree.
It was cosy, breezy and quiet,
And she is no longer alone…