Utopia 101

• Rebecca Mathews, Grade 10, Macarthur Anglican School
• Poetry
• 2015

Excellence Award in the 'Beyond Words 2015' competition

A deity of forbidden thought,
A land of forget-me-not ambition.
The point of the Eutopia
Is lost within the total ambiguity of power,
A curling monster of writhing tongues
And all seeing eyes, ready to search
Out its next victim.
Opinions are a violation inside
This Utopic world,
And all that stands outside its borders
May as well not exist.
Chambers full of angry pacifist protestors
Stand strong against the claim of total oppression.
Love, Truth, Peace, Plenty, all equate
To the same hell. The maths teacher
Writes on the chalk board. "2+2=5"