Frosted Flakes

Milk with cocoa on cold nights, Frozen footpaths we all wished for, Yet now sighs rise with the sight of white. Our accounts of innocence have now grown poor.   Pick up the children-sized hockey sticks that once we used to be the stars. Playing pretend with endless scripts- But now everything is truly a farce.   The final day was forgotten by all since we all moved on to…

January 2020 Free Choice: Deathbed

When the final grains of sand descend,   And the hourglass shall not be turned again,   What plagues my mind and brings me dread   Will be the tears I never shed.   But you, my sweet, whom I met by such chance,   a beauty suspended in tragic dance.   Such agony has hidden behind her smile,   “Perhaps we’ll talk for a while.”   Her restless eyes…

What Kind of Education? – Spoken Word Poem

What Kind of ‘Education’? U – Unas Z – Zaid B – Both U – The People’s Republic of China was ranked number 10 for the Program of International Student Assessment. Z – China tends to score similarly well in other education-assessing rankings, making it possibly one of the best countries to grow up and go to school in. Z – My apologies, but we’re not here to talk about…