Akshay (Year 11)
Editor’s note: Akshay, now in Year 12, wrote this excellent short poem as part of their work towards their GCSE in English Literature. CPD
Reflections
1
Its eyes glower with hollow hostility.
Emotion has no refuge in its glare.
Its demeanour carries no care,
Nor do its words bear sympathy.
The withdrawn respect tells me all.
A head hung low; vacant of approval.
The admiration and its removal
Yet the ill-change will not be my fall.
2
What should one do to find peace and atone?
My hope has been lost and now I must find.
You must understand you are not just a clone,
You’re me. Just me, distilled and refined.
I pray my final chance is not blown,
As I know our reflections are aligned.
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