“Stay safe, but most importantly, keep the world safe. Nothing can go wrong”. The screen fades to black as the room is flooded with light. You don’t move at first, wondering if anyone is going to come for you. But they don’t. Why would they, when they have all that work? The most important work. …
I stare into the water and all I see Is a strange creature which looks nothing like me Its hair is long and floats in the sea And I realise, that’s what I want to be To be full of life and glee And live without a single worry To be lost in a placid …
When people think of you, they think of home, peace, belonging. For me, my country’s core rots with every passing second, a wasteland where blood flow seems endless. Lives wasted, hopes extinguished, dreams shattered. The press emphasises the ruthless raids of the terrorists and the corruption of our duplicitous leaders. Our so-called protectors stand exposed, …
It is all a lie. The facts and the opinions are all looking the same. Each eye is seeing the same. Feeling, Thinking, Doing, The same. A girl sits on a bench, Eyes of salt. She isn’t real to anyone, But herself. Everyone flies around her, Nobody sees, The holes In her butterfly wings. …
The version of me that you know Is not the truth – it’s just for show. I’m living two lives, split in disguise, One built of smiles, one built of lies. If you saw beneath the mask I wear, You’d see the cracks, the vacant stare. A butterfly once bright with gleam, Now flying …
The Great War of 2054 taught the authorities one thing about the rebels – identities could become weapons. Masks were enforced to replace real identities with assigned ones. Distant skyscrapers loomed on the horizon, their shadows unable to reach the outskirts where Eva and Daniel lived separate lives. Eva’s days were spent with colourful brushstrokes …
The world spins fast, a dizzying blur, With faces masked and words that stir. We scroll and swipe, a digital haze, Lost in the labyrinth of passing days. A friend’s quick laugh, a casual jest, “Are you for real?” We put it on the test. Not just a joke, a playful tease, But a …
Have you ever felt like you just don’t fit in? Confused why you never have that girl’s grin. Confused why you find yourself comparing your chin. You just don’t fit in. Have you ever felt like you are alone? Staring at the ground kicking around a stone. Staring at the crowd hearing the happiness …
Are you for real? Animal testing is still happening. Tortured and scared, Confused and unprepared. Isolated – locked away, We need to hope and pray, For them to be okay. For the suffering to be over, Over and finished with, Make animal testing forever a myth! 90 percent lose their lives, Unable to …
I watched my feet trace predetermined steps in the grass. I did not like those steps. And I did not like even more the world those steps belonged to. When I looked up from my feet, I’m sure now looking back that I witnessed infinity. Blue skies that yawned and stretched beyond …
