Happy Halloween!

We haven't exactly been writing Halloween poems in Creative Writing class, but death, fate, eternity, destiny, and other "grave" subject matter have been fodder for poetry since the dawn of literature. On that note, here is a poem entitled "Fortune Teller" by Haynes Academy junior Derek Chen:

Fortune Teller

The deaf forever lose their hearing

The blind forever lose their sight

But all are men forever bearing

A fear-love-hate of future’s light.

We were all delusioned so.

Ancient cities, lost in flame...

All that we built long ago

We all saw Fate just the same.

Lady Fortune? Father Fate?

Is She foe or is He friend?

At end of time, what does await?

A fickle favor? Futile end?

“Read prophecies, hear the cards…”

“Curse your muses! Cut your strings!”

Why’s it matter in your hearts?

Why fret over unknown things?

Look not over history

Some have warned in prose, in verse

Knowledge, its powers divine be

Is no tool if not a curse

Words so destined set your stage

Words of fortune stain the page

So I shall one last mercy show

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