The War Within 

The top 10 finalists in each age category for our poetry competition (May 2023) in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Book Creator Poetry Competition

Makeup To cover the flaws Noise What my brain needs to pause Smile “Smile through the pain” they say Color Representative- Grey Insecurity Something I know all to well Words I’m fine I tell Scale Something that holds so much power Food The taste it leaves

The Inner Fight 100% Something they want me to get every time Youth They say I’m in my “prime” Try your hardest They say then except perfection Validation Academic validation is the section School Feeling like your brain will explode Be better A heavy and

Him The boy who made my spark But also the boy who took it All I wanted was him All I want is him No one can be like him I distract myself my talking to other boys But all my mind comes back to is him The way he treated me The way that he looked at me The

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