The Creative Corner: 'I Am' by Daniel Mawbey

“I am” Poem – By Daniel Mawbey

Year 10

I am an empire to be lost at sea, a locked door without a key

I wonder how the world can be, more than an endless odyssey

I hear the cries as time unfold’, whilst life decays before gone cold

I see the writing on the wall, as certain as the night doth fall

I want to live independently, free from the truth that burdens me

I am an empire to be lost in sea, destined for immateriality

I pretend and act indifferently, to the gravitas of my identity

I feel the pressure to conform, to the inattentive societal norm

I touch on the subject and try to interject

I worry however of the one to abject

I cry seldom over what should be, for I am not a victim of such fallacy’

I am an empire to be lost at sea, drowning in inevitability

I understand so much nihility, for the poison of ignorance is a debility

I say to those who claim to be wise, that arrogance and self hoods will be our demise

I dream of freedom from discord, for there must be greater good to which we’re called

I try to see the light, for what else do we have in the dead of night

I hope to be more than just me, for self satisfaction is the enemy

I am an empire to be lost at sea, dying from iniquity