Persistence

• Matteo Cleverley, Grade 7, Newington College -
• Poetry
• 2018

Excellence Award in the 'Write Along 2018' competition

The depressing knowledge of isolation,
You are all there has been and ever will be,
Always needing affiliation.
The water reflects a rigorous depiction,

of the mountainous pathway ahead,
A pack of wolves in my peripheral
The site of which I really dread
Inevitable death is upon you

Unless you can live off the land
One life ends tonight, will it be yours?
Channel your energy into one leap and...
You shall be eating tonight.