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DRIVEN BY

DESIRE

a poem by Rithwik Sharma,

MYP 4

Propelled by ambition,

To ultimately reach fruition.

Be it some goal we want to reach,

Some item we wish to possess,
Some title we want to earn,

It is the desire that provides us with an objective,
Giving us wings to reach the same,
Yet it is the desire that pushes us into flame.

We live for it,
We win for it, we lose for it,

We die for it;
Those who set their aspirations have a goal,

Those who don’t, spend their lives in a bottomless hole.
We kill, we work, we rob, we die;
For our cravings.

Ambition is intriguing,
It is the cement holding humans to their brink

One must only be wary not to sink.

Artwork by Keerat Singh Shah (DP 2)

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