Young Writers Society

Dancing Under The Lights

Slip a ring on my finger
A ring of molten gold
Inscripted and carved
"Shine like the Sun
When clouds are near,
Sing like a bird
When the thunder echoes on."

Stand still
Don't run away
From the hill
Of lost sovernity
O and when the world is singing
And when the sunshine is bringing birds out
Shout through the night

Because love is more powerful
Than the starlight
We'll be dancing in the Moon's image
Foot by foot
To the beat
Of our hearts singing
Flutter away like a butterfly

But we're dancing
When the Moon's so bright
Underneath the white light
I'll give anything to you
Just don't leave me on my own
Just prancing when it's dark
Take me to that hill

Bring me to the treetops
And I'll wait
Underneath the starlight

Awake

I am up too late
Will I be okay at dawn
Or will I sleep late

Dearest

Your bob springs up and down
Glistening a golden brown
Your eyes twinkle like the Northern Stars
Watching the cars
As they back out and leave
Biting at your sleeve
As you wait in the cold
I can imagine us growing old

It's always just been so easy to laugh
It's always been so worthwhile to help with math
Do you trust me
Can you set me free
There's a house near the Alps where we'll live
Just take my open hand, I'm ready to give
I'll lead you there
Through the thickets and the thistles, but don't you fear I'm always here

I forget the thought and rub my neck, "Hi."
She turns around and smiles, "Hi?"
A smile that could light up a house
I feel like a mouse
Quiet and shy
"How are you," she asks and I lie
That's what everyone does, "Great."
But she never does, she opens a gate
And I wish to follow
But I'm about to go, we talk and walk slow

I love you my dearest Katie Jay
You're like a sunray

Lovely

The world is like that
All walk
No talk
Just a croak
Like a frog
I squash it with a log

Because I'm not giving up
Life is hard
But I'm hard
I can talk
I can't walk
Is that what a confident girl should be

Age Isn't Beauty

Your skin fits right
Maybe not tight
Your skin fits right

No matter your age
No need for rage
No matter your age

It doesn't matter
Your skin becomes fatter
It doesn't matter

Mabye not how you want it to fit
But every bit (is right, I swear it is)
Maybe not how you want it to fit

But perfectly
Your skin isn't sagging imperfectly
But perfectly

Peace And Love

I stand upon a hill
Upon the windowsill
Of Heaven

Sunshine glimmers on my face
I remember the longest walk from the base
In the light of a new dawn

I remember the happiness, the joy
Of another a day, like a white scaled koi
Rippling sunray and old love

But don't let that worry me
Becuase I'm free
And running

I spend my days in the garden
And in forests green
Hopping across streams, across Heaven's sill

Buck cross like my path, a fawn
Looks in wonder at Nature's lawn
Young and curious to see more, running as if in a race

I feel like a dove
Grey feathers and beak sprawling through the oceans above
Singing with peaceful joy

I'm flying
I'm imagining
All the things I could be

Imagine all the places you'll go
Imagine all the things you'll do
You're special, you're you

So hold my hand
As the day passes like drifting sand
And the nights get colder

The twinkling
Flash of balls burning
In Space

Your arm
My arm
Resting on our shoulders

Pull me closer, all the places we can go
All the things we can do
But for now, it's just me and you

Staring at the sky as the Sun becomes brighter
Watching the darkness as the Moon slowly becomes fuller
Stars like satellites and

Once upon a time there was a thread thick as a shoelace
And you tied the lace
For me, blushing

Remember all the memories stored in the folders
Of my brain, boulders
You protect me from with a shoulder on my arm

25 April
Speak
Don’t you feel the shaking inside?
Can’t you imagine what it’s like to hide?
Just open your eyes to see.
The words flowing and free.

Don’t you see the butterfly dying?
Can’t you imagine the feeling of lying?
Just pray to God and scream.
The words floating down a stream.

Don’t you walk upon our graves?
Can’t you imagine us, hard-working slaves?
Just cry and try to sleep.
The words are hollow and deep.

Don’t you smell the wretch of rain?
Can’t you imagine the pain?
Just caught up in a creek.
The words float and seek.

Don’t you hear the agony in her voice?
Can’t you imagine the sound of rejoice?
Just sing with arms waving high.
The words are touching the sky.

Speak

Don’t you feel the shaking inside?
Can’t you imagine what it’s like to hide?
Just open your eyes to see.
The words flowing and free.

Don’t you see the butterfly dying?
Can’t you imagine the feeling of lying?
Just pray to God and scream.
The words floating down a stream.

Don’t you walk upon our graves?
Can’t you imagine us, hard-working slaves?
Just cry and try to sleep.
The words are hollow and deep.

Don’t you smell the wretch of rain?
Can’t you imagine the pain?
Just caught up in a creek.
The words float and seek.

Don’t you hear the agony in her voice?
Can’t you imagine the sound of rejoice?
Just sing with arms waving high.
The words are touching the sky.

Ek Het Die Kis Gevat

'n Kis sit op die tafel
Sy hout arms hou aan my
Sy voet is stil en sterk
Sy siel is ingesteek
En ek kan nie dit uitbreek nie
Sy bleek gesig
Van yster uitgemaak
Het hy een dag 'n glimlag gehad
Of was hy altyd so hartseer

'n Reënboog skyn
Soos 'n ster
So hoë in die hemel
Groot waters
Sit stil en wag
Vir die Son te verdwyn
Wanneer die Maan uitkom
En die pikswart nag
Is soos kuns

Sal ek die kis vat
Soos 'n ou vis
Sy perfek yster nou geroes
En sy hout so pragtig gekerf nat
Wanneer ek kyk die diamante
Ligte soos 'n vuur
Sal ek die ou kis vat
En dit in die rooi vuur gooi
En kyk hoe dit brand

I Still Love You

Summer's Sun
Winter's wander
Autumn's apricity
Spring's serenpidity

The glimmering light echoes
All my journey, all this time, how much has passed
My footsteps are light in the breeze of morning
Why are you so happy

Your spirit dances
Your soul laughs
This is the happiest you've ever been
As we lower you into the ground

You're dead
Don't you hear me
You're dead
So why are you so happy

I'm crying
Can't you see me
The grief overwhelms me
Will I ever stop crying

Why are you so happy
You're dead
Don't you hear me
So why are you still singing

I'm dying inside
As the ravens circle
But I can imagine you smiling
Standing next to me

I'm crying
Why are you so happy
You're dead
Don't you hear me

I'm setting roses on your grave
Reading the words on the stone
Your hands hold mine
Why are you so happy

I just want to be with you
I just want to to hug you
Can't you see me crying
Why are you still smiling

Starlight

Stars are falling
Like balls of lightning
That only last a few seconds
And then zap away
In an explosion
Of light and heat and speed
Like the start of the Universe
Condensing again

And maybe
That’s what this all is
A little ball of lightning that exploded
And now we’re just the energy
In their electricity
You know
The stuff that electrocutes them
And hurts us

Or are we just the radio waves in between
Because nothing’s solid
Solids still have spaces in between
Watch them vibrate
Watch them shake
Soon enough
They’ll fall apart
And break

So are we really the liquids of the oceans
Is blood just stinging saltwater with iron dye
Are we really that distasteful
Just floating upside down
So it’s easier to breathe
When you’re in water
And roaring
Because you’re the rushing wave

Couldn’t you imagine our little pocket
O stuff me into your back pocket
It won’t be too tight
Because it always falls apart
And then I just flow like electricity
Dangerous energy
Is the Universe
Or just a moody teenager in their own reality

Splintered

Should my finger look like this
Still dirty from the splinter
Not sore
But some really red bare skin
And that black thing seems like a splinter of the splinter

Should my finger look like this
I’m just a little worried
I’m no medic
But shouldn’t it be plastered
And hidden away from the moisture
That the germs will thrive in

Should my finger look like this
Or is it still healing
Because it only happened today
And it was pretty sore
But it’s still close to bleeding

And bright, bright red

Degrading

I’ve spent a lifetime of suffering
And I’m not even fifteen

Is all this sorrow because
I’m at home, alone with parents

And my brother’s with a friend
And I’m thinking

I wish I had a friend
Not just some people I talk to

Or someone I help with Math
And talk to because our parents are friends

And because I just keep saying hi
But she never says hi

If I say how are you
It’s always neutral

Neutral for who
Because I’m not really that good

I’m down in the dumps
Because my life’s scattered all around me

Social awkwardness and mispronunciation
And maybe anxiety, maybe whatever

And maybe you should acting like the world isn’t ending, you’re great at acting
Because you’re bored of drawing when you could do anything else

And act like it’s okay
Because I’m trying to help you, because you’re great at acting

But you aren’t helping anyone
My marks are only so good you know

All those hours helping you
Took away from my studying

But no appreciation
It was an expectation

But I had to help
I had to act happy

Not that you’ll ever know
When I get tired I rant for no reason

I’ve been awake 15 hours
Less than an hour before wake up and then I need to write another poem

Because only this is too little
Everything needs to be over the top

And everything needs to be just right
Or it’s wrong

Don’t you see everything sprawled on the floor
And how I want to clean up

But it’s too small to pick up
And I can see every germ wriggling

And all the stress
Because I was just sick

And all the stress
Because I need to clean this mess

And all the stress
Because somewhere in there

Beneath dresses and skirts and tears
Is my identity like a shrivelled mound

And this poem goes on
And even though I don’t know why

It just never seems to stop
Why do I want it to stop

Stop

I'm Stuck Again

Can’t you understand
I’m not sure where I’m going to next
Can’t you understand
The world seems so big without you by my side

And every time I cry to sleep
I’m dying to meet you again
And every time I freak out
I’m dying to find the right word

So just help me along a bit
Protect me from all the pain
Nobody has anything to gain
So just help me again

Protect me from all the pain
Because nobody has anything to gain
My world seemed so lost when you threw me away like dust
Was there ever anything to us anyway