A collaborative poem written by the Aspiring Writers Club, facilitated by Ms Taigel.

Betrayal

It tastes bitter, like a sour lolly,

like sour milk, salty seawater, coffee,

bleach, stale bread, like too much weetbix

and not enough milk

Betrayal smells like burning fire, a rotting corpse,

heavy, aggressive, like the person who betrayed you,

like a dog, like beer breath, a lit cigarette,

like the coconut shampoo I got you for your Birthday

It sounds like a ringing in your ears; piercing,

and muffled, your favourite song

playing on the radio, an alarm clock,

bagpipes

Betrayal looks gross

like a shattered mirror, teeth,

fear, opaque, frosted, red,

like jealousy, hot burning red

It feels like your heart dropping, slippery,

broken, sickening, churning, waves

of the ocean on a rough day,

a ball of knots, like walking on broken glass,

Like you’ve been let go.