in PH 2018 (School Poets) Poets of The Oxford School

A Wake Up Call

All should build bridges
Instead we build walls
Bridges act like hinges
Preventing a great fall

We build with bricks of ignorance
Trapping ourselves within,
Often sacrificing innocents
Ignoring our conscience crying with chagrin

What do you gain from ignoring
Things that happen around us?
Are you too busy snoring!
Or do you not want to cause a fuss?

It is the prejudice that we should eradicate
Bigoted thoughts we should lock up
A wonderful future awaits
It is time to wake up

It is the prejudice that we should eradicate

Bigoted thoughts we should lock up

A wonderful future awaits

It is time to wake up

About The Poet

Deva Gayathri is a grade 10 student of The Oxford School, Dubai. She would be presenting the poem ‘A Wake Up Call’ in Poetic heart 2018