in PH 2019 (School Poets) Poets of American International School

Odyssey – An Epic Journey

Your highness, you’ve been a blessing for all

I hope our feelings are delivered with no stall

I cannot fathom this country without your ambience

I’m sure the voyage wasn’t easy and required much patience

You’ve given us resilient security

oh how privileged we are to finally feel the tranquility

You’ve comforted our hidden hiraeth

For you’ve given us a home afresh

You’ve protected us from the passionless

You’ve taught us how to deal with the nefarious

You’ve saved us from oblivion and solitude

And gave us the ticket to epiphany and fortitude

You taught us that we don’t have to be secluded

You taught us to not be disparate and divergent

That it’s okay to rely on others to stop our idiocrasy

But to be symbiotic while maintaining our idiosyncrasy

Despite the trials and tribulations at your circumference

you’ve done what none had the courage to commence

you’ve allowed us to bond with our siblings from other countries

while salvaging the heritage and honor of the locals’ memories

as aurora breaks through the veil of the night

The clouds slowly divided by the sunlight

the brontide of thunder comes to cease

God’s sky and blessings never cease to please

it’s improbable

to say it’s impossible

Your Odyssey is ethereal

an exquisite reality sure to be eternal

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