Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2018 | Page 72

Angel
Carmel School Association Elsa High School, Hasofer, Dan – 13
One day, one unforgettable day,
A spark lit his string on fire,
He wouldn't be here now,
If he could set the guilt free,
He lives through days of endless struggle,
Hiding the pain, while trying to appear “normal”,
If only he could jump the queue,
In some sort of way,
Lost of all hope?
Tied on the end of a string,
Ten thousand feet in the air,
Can he climb his way back up?
Every life is a journey, they say,
His, started with passion and opportunity,
Until its’ descent, down and South West,
He tries to climb up, but to no avail,
The South West,
An endless space of screaming voices, melting on the wall,
A dark red sky, reminiscent of love, but in a nostalgic and painful way,
An upside down hell, appearing in the worst of nightmares,
Roaming the South West, in a freak of silence,
He falls deeper and deeper,
This time screaming, bleeding with amnesia,
He feels weak, gone is everyone, lost is everything,
Drowning in a pool of an unknown substance,
Secured in a slipknot, yet somehow breaking free,
With every ounce of strength he pushes through the debris,
He feels a burning impulse and races past the breeze,
Mourning the loss of a life of peace,
Feeling sick inside, winded, looking for a finishing cease,
Guilt is the string preventing his drop,
He can’t take it anymore, he begins his deathly fear,
Every attempt leads to a trickling cascade of blood and tears,
Always the temptation to pull the trigger,
But he won’t,
For even in the darkest skies there is always a hopeful star.