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It was not that the earth didn’t orbit around the sun,
In the same way it has been doing since the beginning of time
Nor was it that the seasons didn’t change

Although slow,
We still watched the petals and leaves grow and fall,
And finally decay.

However, it was that people started losing their jobs,
Cerulean blue masks started to flood the streets,
Covering the disintegrating cigarettes
The ones that were tossed aside rather than going in the bin,

We shut our doors and windows,
Desperately willing ourselves to escape,
From the fake rumours which corrupted our minds, thoughts and actions.

So no, the world didn’t stop spinning,
But,
If anything,
Time decided to catch up with us.

Isabella Ellams, Y9
Meadowhead

Some healed each other,
Some met their shadow,
Some died,
The bitter blow of the world hurts,
Slowly reality disappears,
The world started to heal as we were getting broken,
Letting the hope in your heart scrape away,
Letting your close friends go,
Letting everything you love go,
Time is timeless,
Hugs gone, kissed gone, love gone,
Our freedom is locked away - is it forever?
Disney is out of magic, France is no longer the most romantic place,
Everything is gone,

The year the world stopped.

Leon Noel
Woodseats

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