1. Love’s Echo
Masuma
Love’s a cliff’s edge
where blueberries grow
Two pins in a haystack
A voice whispering whirrr
Love’s an ever-changing cloud
a mother's comforting word
a cherished embraceas the clock ticks and time licks
I’m spent
Love’s life's notebook
And endless trends
A journey with starts
but never an end
2. Love’s Layers
(Lizbeth)
Today, Mother, oranges gleamed radiant colors
Tenderly, I dug my fingers beneath the leathery skin
Peeling away, as the scent perfumed the air for him
With grace, he licked the juices from the pulp
At that moment, my voice whirred
A lifetime of peeling oranges, yet none like this
Will his love pierce as pins, sharp and deceitful?
My dear, let your fears tumble off the cliff
For blueberries don’t peel in layers of skin
While oranges go ripe, so, too, the sweetness of our bond.
3. Love’s Game
(Syrus)
In pixelated realms, voices clear
Blueberry potions, vanquish fear
Cliffs of quests, my character stands tall
Whirr, whispers the joystick, heed the call
Victory licks, like a mother's sweet embrace
Needle-threaded storylines, a virtual chase
Fierce clouds approach, like shadows they loom,
In the gaming cosmos, dreams and realities bloom.
Masuma Begum is a student at City Tech. Interested in writing poems and canvas painting, Masuma aims to create works that inspire, provoke thought, and touch the hearts of readers around the world.
Syrus Stark is an avid gamer and tech enthusiast, with a passion for the latest in gaming and technology.
Lizbeth Xochimitl is a student at Citytech. In this piece, she writes about how love is revealed in layers. Each line in the poem she expresses the complex emotions of love as it’s unraveled