Ella Gardiner
Today there is so much pressure on young people, it affects their psychology. The following series of poems explore well-being amongst adolescents. Anne Frank was right when she said “think of the beauty still left around you and be happy.” It is this message that is being lost, especially through social media and exam pressure, and needs to be brought to fore today.
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Their Story 1:50pm train tracks Bath shining paint gleams in the morning sun 1:55pm a bridge rumbles with cars in the opposite direction the tracks narrow into fields 1:57 flowers litter the rusted wooden slats I watch I wait 2:00 he is opposite me back turned suited, satcheled his head twitching to his earphones. 2:05 people gush onto the platform a family, a father chattering, gesticulating nudges the man my man I’m watching 2:07 the man falls the father turns struggling, reaching out his hand 2:08 screens watching I’m watching a newcomer arrives tries to help the man looks around appealing begging a wall of phones 2:09 the train from Dorset arrives one minute early 2:10 Their story is recorded. |
3 Fates 2 weaving 1 snipping Am I before the cut? After the cut? Am I the cut? It’s Christmas Bound for Lapland Our flight cancelled Redirected to Helsinki, Amsterdam We stole sweets from the lobby Laughing, free ... guided By our youthful innocence. Our worst family holiday? No. I saw Santa put Rudolf in the back of a van! We were together A family Together ... but not forever. Snip School arrives Control, responsibility Freedom slides Snip You learn to live in the Future The present is lost. Exams grow closer. Snip Pressure looms The training, the pathways, Future is engraved on the door. What is my future? Snip Do I have a future? snip do Snip I SNip want SNIp my SNIP future ...? Snip |
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Not in the Moment The moment is here… on my screen, The moment will be here… in my head, Yet the moment has passed. The moment illuminated in a panel of glass, The sound of the bass and the bright lights, Dulled by the inadequate lens. |
The moment is shared and repeated in pretence, An attempt to awaken the green beast within, But is this an achievement? The moment is planned but not for the first hand, Staged to be the best it can be …Yet the moment was never intended for me. |
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