Duo O' Doves

• Kobi Escott, Grade 6, Kenmore South State School
• Poetry
• 2022

Excellence Award in the 'National Treasures 2022' competition

Blood moon glows, dusky crows caw,
Sovereign was stolen by a youth in awe,
Thus, a punishment of a broken law.
When he waits, while she cries,
While she sits, when he dies.
The lass mused how she’d cope,
The lad wearing a necklace of rope,
Their future gone, like her hope.
When he hangs, while she wails,
Past the horizon, away she sails.
Storms roll over, vast waves rush in,
Thunder and lightning, like yang like yin.
When he watches, while she floats,
Wrecked ships and sunken boats.
When she succumbs, while he welcomes,
United up above, like a duo o’ doves.