Blooming Buds

Race of the human race

The whole of human race

Is competing with each other

In a bloody deathly race

Killing, stabbing and back stabbing

Dragging other people down

To get just one step ahead

Pushing others out of the way

To reduce the struggle around

We all keep running the race

Like mad dogs that can’t think

We run behind our own illusions

To quench the thirst that never ends

We are still running

Yet don’t see that none of us

Has yet been to the finishing line

Because we all die halfway

The finishing line is within your reach

But you keep running all your life

Probably In the wrong direction, behind illusions

But never realize that you are running away from it.

The thirst

Quench and the mirage…

Goes on forever…

Unless…

We are not thirsty

Anymore…

Sandu Thisaranee Jayasinghe

Year 12 Sci, Sri Lankan School, Muscat

Watching the world from their innocence

Walking around the world

Trying to find reasons

Tears streaming down their faces

Minds faraway from reality

Shut in the dark

Watching the world from their innocence

Thinking they can move pass this

But every time they see the sunshine

Reality hits them.

Love and care is faraway

Humanity is hidden from them

Watching the world from their innocence. 

Written by: Sachini Dolawatta

                  Kanza Shaheed

                  Sachithma De Zoysa

                  Nipuni Kawya

        Life 

I was dumped in an unknown barren land,

Thrown like a heap of garbage,

 Born without love and affection 

And now I understand life. 

Days passed within a blink of an eye

And I knew how to stand on my feet,

Without any training 

I now understand the reality of LIFE

I know how to feed my own stomach 

By working in the strong, bright day light 

People speak about child labour but this wold is unknown to me 

Because now understand the reality of LIFE... 

Composed by: Wenogk Fernando 

                     Mohommed Tabish 

                     Hasith Mendis

                     Trevon Fonseka