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A NEW WISH A NEW YEAR

a poem by Saanvi Suri, MYP 2

A new wish… a new year Seeing the economy regress
this year all I want is for COVID-19 to end Instead of progress,

I want things to be the way they were meant Is the biggest fear.
I want the world to be alive back again What once used to be a relief,
I want parties to attend Is now a nightmare,

I want to meet my friends It tears me up deep inside,
I want to feel snow on my hands To see labourers die
I want to travel to far away lands It breaks me down,

I want people to be able to enjoy life, To see sad children frown
I want the economy to strive Who once were happy playing on the playground.
I want children to smile This year all I wish is for COVID to end

I want the world to be alive back again, back again And things to be the way they were meant
I am sick of wearing masks I want the world to be alive back again

It hurts me, it hurts my heart I want parties to attend
Stuck at home, stuck inside four walls I want to meet my friends
Walking from one end to another I want to feel snow on my hands
Is this my voyage? I want to travel to faraway lands

I can't go to playgrounds Want people to be alive,
All I get to do is lie down the economy to strive,

No longer can I survive. And children to smile,
Is this what is meant to be alive? The world to be alive back again, back again.
Hearing news every day is mental trauma

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