Rotten Apple
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Annabelle Shutlar, Grade 11, Korumburra Secondary College -
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Poetry
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2018
Excellence Award in the 'Horizon of Dreams 2018' competition
There lies a land of divided light,
Separate levels, dim and bright.
Lowest drowned in shadows creeping,
Eyes weeping, darkness seeping.
The highest tiers live in bliss;
A happy, quiet ignorance,
Still well-fed and well-payed
Gladly steal from those decayed.
But the light may shine through sometimes
And flicker across those lost lives
Who in turn show gratitude;
A sad but pure attitude.
The highest levels will never know,
The cold through which the lowest row,
Not unless they too fell down
And in the sea of shadows drown.