Published on Fri., June 14, 2013

Manan ShahSandusky Middle School student Manan Shah won the Drowsy Poet Contest held by the News & Advance in May. The title of his winning poem is “ The Burning Eye”.

"The Burning Eye"
by:  Manan Shah

As darkness covers over,

I keep on trembling.

As I shake and shake,

Cracks are forming.

People throw trash at me.

I want to be left alone.

My solemn pieces are breaking.

My temperature is dropping,

Causing blizzards across me.

I keep on shifting,

As more people are dying.

I want to live in peace.

I am becoming another dwarf,

But no one will understand my pain,

Unless if you've been looking through the deadly reflection,

Of the eyes you stand on this moment - Earth.

 

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