Outside the bustling city with tall, transparent
glass buildings
that show a reflection to those who look on
where many ride to work on a transport underground
a passageway from the home to employ
where so many are drawn
to grasp at a chance of success unfathomed.
I come from a place beyond the city
a place of suburbia
an area that exists only to give refuge
to those who work tirelessly
where adolescence and youth are preserved
until one is ready to enter
the city with bustling, tall, reflective buildings
which dare you to glance at your own
transformation
from the onlooker to the observed
Grade: 12