Into the Forest

Society is a winged monsterThat maliciously perches uponFragile, insecure branchesWhich belong to abundant trees. It mocks their diversityAnd ridicules those who denyThe rather sharp whispersThat encourage conforming.   It snubs those whose crownsAppear to touch the sky aboveBut laughs at the ones that standMuch closer to the ground. The creature possessesSuch high expectations thatThose who let it make its nestTurn into rotting wood.

by Aiman Naeem

Grade 11, Westwood Community High School