Laugh And Hide

• James Hoare, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2008

Ethereal shadows in concrete circles
Adamant figures
Harsh words on grey borders.

Shadows laugh and plot
Figures brood in silence
Alone among others
Abandoned
Deluded by self-delusion
They bury themselves in shallow graves
And hate those who buried them.

Few will unlock the prison
Better to wear a mask
Than turn the key
To butterfly society