Posted on: 30/10/2019Student PoetryFollowing on from National Poetry Day, we bring you this poem by Khalida Dyfan. She wrote it in response to the theme of truth. To You In A Half Decade Ago How does it feel for your fragile mind to be infiltrated by pain? One’s word is carved into a catalyst of negativity eradicating one’s pride. Half a decade ago, I was stood at the roots of growth This indicates my beginning of my own River of tears, A tsunami forming and my whole body sinking to the bottom of the ocean, My lifeless body’s shadow eclipses the bottom of the ocean As the locks of my hair are swaying through the salty ocean Emotions are your own demons, They jeopardise the things you love and envy, And one man’s eyesight before the reach to the path of pride, Your inferior complex is forever irredeemable You dive in for a gem When you’re worth a diamond Born under the name of real me But lived as a pseudonym Tell me my friend, live for yourself Break those so called chains materializing your insecurities Don’t give into these fabricated standards Carve your own path with your abilities and your soul. To you, my friend in half a decade ago.
Posted on: 31/10/2019