‘Unfinished symphony’ by Karolina Bundyra, age 14

Praise, praise until that’s all you know

Until the blood dries

Until they sharpen their knife’s

Until they slit your throat

Until you beg for it again

Until you vote for your decease

Until your eyes go grey and your skin turns blue

Again, again, again

Die, die, die

Again, again, again

 

Lie, lie because it’s safe

Lie because it’s life

Lie because it’s what they do.

It’s what you do.

 

Sing the unfinished symphony

This great unfinished symphony.

You sing but not know the words

You sing but not know the melody.

Why do you sing it?

The song is a poison on our tongue and a drug in our mind.

My mind

Your mind

Their mind.

Theirs.

 

Their unreal reality

Their unreal faith

Their real anger

Their real name.

They lie as we feed.

They play the melody to the sweet unreal symphony.

What do we truly sing too?

What do you do in a unfinished reality?