Collection of Words An Eclectic - Burnaby School District

An Eclectic Collection of WordsWallCathy ChenBurnaby South SecondaryGrade 11-12 PoetryWhen my paperback fairy tale wall fellI suffocated.A crumbling sanity,Of a crumbling witness,Enclosed by crumbling walls.Once my root.Welding my existence into the earth.I grew, a bright young seedlingThenThe wind.I fall down.We all fall down.This cycle.Inexplicable.Why the bright young seedling,Dies in its own wakePinned downBy its fallen wall.Unable to grasp atThe unfathomable depths of the azure.The liesOf childhood.The jokesOn morality.Because walls are paperback fairy tales.Invisible BoundariesJoanna LiangBurnaby Mountain SecondaryGrade 11-12 PoetryThe skies- they were blue withblack clouds looming;The greenest valleys smothered withyellow lilies blooming.There he lay under a tree that boreno shadow below,Surveying far and wide while he feltthe zephyr blow.An eye-piercing glint caught his eyeAnd he could not merely let it slide.He soared towards the unknown Iight-In a flash found himself at that site.There a dull penny lay-'No gold or treasure' he thought in dismay,But then he realized and his face turned pale,Screaming a silent cry as he turned tail.Clawing, reaching for somethingthat was not there.Heart palpitating, aware of his despair.But already it was too lateAs the noise seeped through andstarted to desecrate.His world began crashing down on him;The blues, greens, yellows started topale and dim.The yellow lilies deforming and withering,bittersweets sprouting under the dark skies,headphones off, there he stood, doubting.He was alone.WORDS Writing Project 2008/09 48