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SENIOR POETRY COMPETITION

2ND PLACE

All the Right Reasons

Despise me, torment me.
I will be the victim of your blows,
the worst of your foes,
the reason your hatred grows
Loathe me to the very depths of your heart,
Tear me apart.
Hate me with all the reasons you so cleverly justify
Are you satisfied?
In your mind, I was the devil in disguise
a phantom that fooled your eyes.
So, go on, hate me with all the right reasons
you so cleverly justify.
But I, I will hold you in my mind
unscathed by your deceit and lies
I will cherish the remnants of you that live in my mind for all the right
reasons.
Because life’s too short to loathe the memory of you and I.

Caught in between
With the intention of being seen.
I didn’t choose to be here, it just happened

BY SADEEKA KAPUGAMAGE