Litmus Year: 2023
‘Alternate Perspectives’ by Rosie Fretwell
The plane door closes, I get into the boat. We begin to take off, Leaving my parents behind. Safely fastens seat belts, Children crying, confused and scared. Smiling air hostesses, Choppy waves throwing people overboard. Smoothly landing, People weeping. People clap, On land no place to go. Welcomed into a new country, …
‘Over the Border’ by Maja Stolarz, Soham Village College
Being an immigrant, Means to be different, Leaving everything behind, In order to find. A new country, In order to run free. Carry your baggage, And learn a new language, No matter how difficult, And being diffident. The feeling of arrival, A new place for survival, As the fresh air hits your …
‘Mind’ by Olivia Wright, Soham Village College
My mind can travel anywhere Across the ocean, across the land Past, present and future No one can stop me moving. My eyes can see the un-see able My ears can hear the un-hearable My mind can think the un-thinkable My hands can touch the invisible. Sometimes I see no future. Flashbacks Stress More sadness. …
‘Over the Border’ by Harrison ‘Harold’ Leonard
A simple line Drawn in ink Runs deep in our blood Just a simple line Saturated in anguish Provoking injustice A simple line Is a puppet master Controlling the strings
‘Over the Border’ by Lilly Heslop, Soham Village College
Over the border, Over this border, I tremble as i fear, Being isolated, As time is dated, Why this border? Why this time? You always wonder, Now the thunder, You picture an image, But only one you can’t imagine, This border has grown, But your still in the zone, What freedom? What real word? Just …
‘Over the Border!’ by Evie Cooke, Age 14, Year 9, Soham Village College
Over the border, is where any refugee wants to be to become free. No more threats! Freedom. That’s what anyone would want. Away from war, threats or aggression. At the end of the day, can anyone be free? Over the border. Long journeys in the burning, hot sun. risking your life, just to be able …
‘Over the Border’ by Lukne Zablockyte, Age 14, Soham Village College
Over the border Where its grey bodies lay life is gone Over the border We see soldiers Fighting for their daughters Just to drink water Over the border Living in doom We see poppies growing While bodies are floating When will this top?
‘Over the Border’ by Frankie
Over the border What is that? What’s the reality? Over the border We’re trembling Over the wall What on the other side? We’ll never know Until you go through it Over the border The thoughts are messy Inaccurate. Over the border Fantasies paint pictures Pictures paint reality. What is real? Not the pictures in …