Struggle

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by Somma

I’m really scared, and I have nowhere to go
No one to confide in
In this wicked world, nobody cares whether you live or die
Every night I soak my pillow with tears
I keep waiting for the sun to rise again

Let me continue my struggles, the street is really tough
We’re really in a very wicked world
I struggle to live in this no man’s land I’ll keep fighting
I won’t give up

I’m trying to make ends meet
Trying to make my family proud
Knowing one day I’ll definitely make it in life
I know that i have a very bright future ahead of me
And no human will stop me
It’s going to be better some day

Lonely

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by Nidhi

Out in the rain
In a crowded lane
But all alone
Pain all through my bones

A humming bird without its voice
A loud cry within making a high noise
A caterpillar stuffed in its cocoon
Trying to fly like a butterfly too soon

The ocean never stopped roaring
It’s the people who made it quiet in the morning
People came to bring some light
But the darkness within held me tight

Solitary Twig

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by Noor Misba

At the heart of the campus, in the playground
lies a broken abandoned twig
Unaware of its surroundings,
it lies on ground with no life
Once a part of a mighty tree, green and bright
now a fragment, brown and broken
A silent observer a motionless sight,
but a reminder of life
It watches the children play and have fun
while it lies forgotten beneath the sun
It wonders if anyone notices or cares
But no one notices
It waits for decaying itself to the earth,
but it reminds itself that
it is a tiny world for the micro-organisms
Even though small and unnoticed,
it teaches us to enjoy our life
before we return to the earth

Ashes and Dawn

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by Joyal Srivastava

I walk through streets where shadows fall,
Brick and bone beneath it all.
The sky remembers every scar,
Yet still I wish, upon a star.

The echoes of the guns remain,
A distant drum of endless pain.
Yet in my heart a whisper grows-
A seed of peace that no one knows.

I see a child with eyes so wide,
Not yet taught to choose a side.
And in that gaze, I find the thread,
Of all the words we left unsaid.

Let swords be turned to ploughs one day,
Let kindness light the darkened way.
Though I am worn and hope is thin,
I dare to dream we’ll start again.

For after storms, the rivers clear,
And in each dawn, new songs appear.
I’ll hold this hope through night’s embrace,
That peace will find this shattered place.

Crying in the Rain

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by Skye

Crying in the rain,
To hide my tears,
Masking all the pain,
My trauma and fears.

Crying in the rain,
So you don’t see,
All the things I’ve gone through,
Like what you did to me.

Crying in the rain,
Watch it wash away,
The anxiety and suffering,
I found that one day.

Crying in the rain,
So I can be alone,
Away from my past,
Crying unknown.

Hope

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by Hollie Botticelli

I was once a lost soul, adrift,
once forgotten by the feeling of hope,
as I made my way toward split ends of rope
a hand grabbed mine, said “No,” and led the way.
“What do we say to death?
We say not today.”
And that hand I hold to my heart as there are no words to explain
the beauty of his smile,
the words that speak through his voice
my love for him could not be detained
He taught me what a silver lining is,
he taught me be not afraid,
everyone has fears that soon go away.
I was shown the light in forms physical,
I saw myself, the waves in forms emotional,
as they crested warm and gentle,
under the scorching sun.
“I’m no longer alone, I don’t have to run.”
And like photonic dissonance,
both our lights shine
they both come together,
both visible as one.
to form a love, divine
a love seen through golden brown eyes
something no one could imagine,
no one could dream,
no one could feel these words on the screen
poets, paupers, kings and queens could never feel what it feels like to be both heard and seen.
And because of him,
my soul reunites,
my heart bleeds love with every beat
and with this realisation came another fulfilling moment,
hope was never just a feeling,
it was a person.

How Good’s Our School?

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by Kaiden Scott

It’s so so fun
And the staff here are so kind
And the lessons are fun
Sometimes staff can get a bit angry
But they forgive you

 

The Move

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by Annabelle U.

I was alone on the floor of my room
It was dark but still lit
I sat on my phone talking to my friends
Then, a paragraph appeared
I read it, and stopped smiling
My best friend was moving
My heart dropped to my feet
And my eyes filled with tears
I blinked, and they fell like glass
The more my glassy tears fell
The more my heart broke
I couldn’t stop now
I wailed and whined, I sat there
Sitting in my own sorrow
My phone was buzzing but I ignored it
Who knew you could feel so lonely,
Even if you weren’t alone
I dried my tears and went downstairs
My mom was cleaning and then she saw me
She asked what was wrong
I told her and cried again
I was in her arms being held tight
But felt like I was surrounded by cold
My heart was heavy about her move
We’ve never been this far
But the only thing I could think of
Was her being gone.

 

The Road Taken

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by Avisha Tyagi

The nature is so fond of self,
where I lost myself.
The two road diverging in night,
where I could not find any light.

One was less travelled but going too far,
whereas the other was full of stars.
First road was having a moon,
which was going to shine so soon.

I decided to travel the first road,
as patience and consistency was being stored.
I could travel the first road as it was full of pace,
but I want to shine like a moon in space.

I decided to travel the first road to be a moon,
but a road sign came ahead so soon.
It did not say “this way is best”
but your journey starts beyond this sign and later rest.

I chose a path not knowing why,
as I thought I would later cry.
That small step so quiet said,
because its the path where life was laid.

I wished to escape the world with such height,
and walked on a path that I felt right.
The nature is so fond of self,
where I lost myself.

The Girl

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by Vi

SLAP
The girl doesn’t know how it feels
She doesn’t know I’m tempted
This is private
You DON’T really know me
How I feel
She doesn’t know
She fights me
And I get told off
She cursed at me
I just cried
All my “Friends” go off with her
The girl doesn’t know how it feels.