Falling

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Falling

The sky is falling,
Tick Tock Tick Tock…
Here, afar, over there,
everywhere, it falls, OH IT FALLS.
Yet I stood still with eyes closed
amidst this uproaring world.

I smelled rain pounding on doorsteps,
inviting pond to perform lively taps.
Those pouring tears of heaven
tries to submerge me.
Yet I stood still with eyes closed
amidst this uproaring world.

I saw wind roaring its intense chase
testing trees to salute to their last stand,
like almost-tangible lighting threads
they weave a net over my entity.
Yet I stood still with eyes closed
amidst this uproaring world.

I heard panic, I heard strides,
steps of souls swarming aimlessly;
I heard genuine curses beneath dirty prayers,
prayers in vain to sky’s dulling grievance.
Yet I stood still with eyes closed
amidst this uproaring world.

Daniel Zhang

DANIEL ZHANG ’24 IS A SENIOR AT BLAIR FROM BEIJING, CHINA. HE HAS PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE IN THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. HE ENJOYS READING AND WRITING ON A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS, ESPECIALLY POEMS. HE IS PUBLISHING HIS FIRST POETRY COLLECTION THIS YEAR. EXCITED TO JOIN THE ORACLE THIS YEAR, DANIEL WISHES TO PRESENT HIS POEMS AND BOOK REVIEWS TO THE BLAIR COMMUNITY.

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