3rd place in the 2020 Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Robert Burns Poetry Competition youth section - Rap Like Robbie
The Beach
Wind rippling her hair
Standing motionless
Body high on adrenaline
Mind - clear
Heart - pounding
Breath - heavy
She was finally free
Sand between her toes
And the taste of salt on her lips
Transporting her back
Doof
Doof
Doof
Her feet pounding the ground
Imitating - remembering
Unknown forces pushing her back
Back to the rationed food
The pain
The collar
The prison…
Running away
With a ‘click’
She was back to reality
Being pulled away
From the galloping waves
And the embrace of the sun
And the tingling sand
And the freedom
A final burst of effort
Calling for help
For someone to save her
For the tyranny to end
Collar and leash suffocating her
Dragging her to her cell
She screamed a silent cry…
Woof.