R EFLECTIONS OF A HIGH SCHOOLER POEMS BY Rashmika Manu
Rashmika Manu is an 8th grader graduating to High School this year. She enjoys writing poems, playing Volleyball and traveling. She visits India often and has a desire to help the poor and needy when she grows up
AWAY FROM
SOMEDAY IN MY FERRARI
He beside me, just sitting right there Speeding down the freeway wind blowing my hair The faster we went the less we had to think Because of the pen charging we never even blinked Blasting our music loudly, free of care Oh how we didn’t even notice all of the stares
I come across to what I hate seeing so much Disgusts me to remember that I thought I wasn’t enough I think that I need more and more, plenty But they don’t have much other than others company Walked outside to the city, new country, poverty For the first Time my eyes could see openly with I fear that I’ve lived my life l ike the Buddha’s early years Away from deprivation Away from hardship Away from the unfortunate Away from poverty Giving one a drop of water or a tiny cracker wouldn’t be obliging Considering the number of them barely surviving I hope that oneday I can give all of the econo- my an equal chance of success And maybe get away from seeing this horrible mess
We went forward through the winding roads, driving Avoiding the fact that we were actually running Running away from what we were supposed to be Running away from
what we were expected to be Running away from our work Running away from our responsibility Letting everything go freedom and serenity washed over me As I think back to little me writing this of who I actually wanted to be Someday in my Ferrari we will leave every- thing behind With nothing but freedom in our minds
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October 2019
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