2nd place in the SULS Writing Competition 2021
By Ariana Haghighi (LLB 1)
she’s a toothy trap[1], a thug and thief[2]
a flowing river[3], dying reef[4]
a coin[5], some cash[6], some promised note[7]
all that she is, the Writers wrote
hungry fire burns through the night[8]
the tailor sews a dress now tight[9]
some Writers hate, some Writers dote
all that she is, the Writers wrote
why should I begin to try?
when it’s been done by those on high?
her ticking hands and face their muse
there is no art style left to choose
the writer’s job is harder now
through tended garden they must plough
with every moment that i waste
the Poets move, they’re making haste
they’ve built a gallery, her enshrined
I stand in empty space. Behind.
why do no images come to mind?
pen hits the table, thoughts resigned.