‘Promises and Lies’ by Sadeen Ahmad, age 15

the world is boundlessly cruel so don’t believe your mother’s lies that the world is sincerely beautiful because when the sun dies down it turns dismal and bleary so don’t pay heed to your father’s promises that the sun is ethereal and the anchor to heaven itself when the moon is alit there is a …

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‘Listen to me…’ by Jeeva Piratheepan, Featherstone High School

The school loomed like a fortress, its impressive structure casting shadows over the trembling students. As the class rose from their seats, mistaking their motionlessness for a routine lockdown procedure. Despite the eerie, deafening silence, vibrations thrummed in the distance, a haunting melody that sent shivers down my spine. It wasn’t the familiar hum of …

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