This poem was the 2nd Place Winner in our 4th Annual Poetry Contest.<\/p>\n
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Strange to say, but at the start of this maze I was seated<\/p>\n
Reading feverishly, at every break I only seemed more defeated<\/p>\n
The more I read, the less I knew<\/p>\n
The less I said, the lower I flew<\/p>\n
Down came a glass, crashing to the ground<\/p>\n
And out came my psyche to wander around<\/p>\n
The past is chasing me as sweat drips in my eye<\/p>\n
And just for a moment I begin to cry<\/p>\n
External crashes used to lead to one place<\/p>\n
The horrors that happened in front of my face<\/p>\n
I have acquired the talent to push them aside<\/p>\n
But a fool I would be to leave them denied<\/p>\n
So through this maze I must travel<\/p>\n
As the confusion of life begins to unravel<\/p>\n
My face stood still in the most somber of dazes<\/p>\n
Until a voice from afar brought me back from these places<\/p>\n
As I took in the room, my heart started to fill<\/p>\n
The conversations in the background were no longer still<\/p>\n
People were talking while music filled the air<\/p>\n
And more of my presence seemed to be there<\/p>\n
It is nice to feel if only for a second<\/p>\n
That this chase is beginning to involve the present<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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