We then discussed some different perspectives: under which circumstances is unity needed, and under which circumstances is it better to be alone? Students then wrote poems exploring these issues. Here are two fantastic poems, exploring each of the two perspectives:
Individuality by Akeefa
Alone,
separate, isolated,
it doesn’t
bother me.
No one’s
opinions,
no
unnecessary suggestion,
no one
can hurt me
if I’m
alone.
A few
stares,
some may
talk,
gossip,
sneer and tease.
I don’t
know them,
they don’t
know me.
I like it
that way.
No one
can hurt me
if I’m
alone.
Some may
think I’m weird,
others
may persuade me to mix,
to have
fun, to socialise.
I do all
that my own way.
No one
understands me,
but no
one can hurt me
if I’m
alone.
I like
what I do,
it’s who
I am.
I am
special and different
and no
matter what anyone says
no one
can hurt me
if I’m
alone.
Unity by Noor
If we
stand together
We’d
become stronger
If we
bond together
Our faith
would contain power
Unity if
the key
Don’t
break apart
Never go
away
Because unity
is the key
I would
help you
I would comfort
you
I would
be there for you
Only if
And I ask
only for one wish to be true
That wish
being for you to stay
Stay because
I say
That unity
is the key
