Andrea Fernandes is a grade 13 student of Cambridge International School, Dubai. She would be presenting the poem ‘The Train-ride Towards Hope ‘ in Poetic heart 2018
The Train-ride Towards Hope
Deep booms shake the Earth
as trains belch out smoke
formed as a result of their undigested
coal lunches.
Clanking and screeching of
metal dragged against metal
blending into the cacophony of sound
erupting from every corner.
Elbowing, stomping and kicking.
Frantic agitated people
raged inside until,
deep
booms
shake the Earth.
They sought escape from the
crimson that stained the battlefields,
where people constantly stumbled
trying to find a nonexistent exit.
The train, providing a bridge,
towards a new life, a new beginning,
a new perpetual promise
of the hope
that until then, remained hidden.
Hope, that lay hidden under the tarmac
like a small seed that
persisted through the crack,
blooming profusely into
the hearts of everyone present.
Through the jagged stone,
peace finally grew,
white petals like a fragile snowflake.
Up and up it went-
surpassing all the hatred,
and violence that lurked in the shadows,
connecting everyone and
surprising many with its audacity to do so.
Serenity fell once again.
About the School
By integrating the academically renowned UK curriculum with the unrivalled excellence of GEMS Education, we bring you Cambridge International School, Dubai.
Set in a spacious campus, the school is divided into two Sections: the Primary (Kindergarten to Year 6) and the Secondary School (Year 7 to Year 13). Outstanding teaching, the variety of opportunities and good facilities make the school one of the best in the city. The school equips its students with all the necessary skills required to explore the opportunities of the present and face the challenges of the future with confidence.
The School prepares students for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) course, the Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and A Level Examinations of the Universities of Cambridge and London (UK), consistently producing results well above the UK national average, year after year. The school is an approved centre for the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and for London University.
