2004 School Magazine

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140

Creations:Original Works

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>" Colourless and slightly metallic. Easily adminstered

Drifting forward atop half-acknowledged voice, few stimuli permeating the gathering fog

At least the pain is ebbing

Transported without digression from the horizontal, translated through reality lying down to sail through gleaming columns all afire with inner wonder Each one a different tune, humming the buzz of existence A harmony of multitudinous contenders for attention, discordant keys somehow masked within the overriding melody Slight minor counterpoints pipe feebly but insistentjy from dark corners of existence, the plain of all reality laid out for full Inspection The pillars swirl and climb, merging together climbing in exorably towards unimaginable heights above the prostrate figure Speeding now, not along the plains of light, chasing the horizon, but upwards, into darkness What has happened to the melodies? Numerous and penetrating, they now have all but faded. Ye one tone remains A high-pitched whine, growing In intensity, overwhelming all perception

Charlotte Durack 118

Carly Evans I OG

White light

The Judgement?

No

Self-awareness, reinstated

The pain returns

ShotLa. era^

Caroline Gasteei.

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