In Other Words
Long ago where time stood still was a poem. The poem told us a way that people used to live. These people were called “Strugglers” who lived their lives as shocking as a fish leaping out of deep water. They spoke with sharp tongues that hit you like a light stabbing through a row of trees. They prayed to their gods boldly by opening up their eyes during prayer time.
One Struggler said to the other one “Stop snoring you noisy cow you’re keeping me awake in the middle of the night, you're torturing my ears. GO SLEEP IN THE BUSH!!”
“Every minute of everyday of my every life has been a nightmare when you snore.” The Struggler banished him to the library in the bush.
So the Struggler lived happily ever after. zzzzzzzz
By Kolotina, Ofa, Raniera. (adapted from the poem: In Other Words by Glenn Colquhoun)
In Other Words (This is the original poem)
A poem is a way
of knowing you are alive
As shocking as a fish
leaping out of deep water
As sharp as light stabbing
through a row of trees
As bold as opening up
your eyes during prayer
As simple as lying awake
As simple as lying awake
in the middle of the night
listening to the sound
of people
Every minute
of every day
of every life
is a full library
by Glenn Colquhuon
