dystopia

By Wong Joia

A recent graduate of ACJC, Joia was a recipient of the Humanities Scholarship Programme and served as Non-Sequitur’s President from 2023-2024. Yes, she sure does love the humanities. Interested in the human condition, she is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree in the social sciences as an anthropology major. Although, you are most likely to catch her at a flea market digging for the newest addition to her ever-growing antiques collection.

an intense and selfish desire for something,

over anything

a parasite that consumes an infected species,

forever longing.

a gnawing sensation that tugs at their strings,

always pulling

a wish no human could fulfil on Earth,

only praying.

first feeling breaking through the thresholds,

terror

chills running through the vessels of life,

worry.

as fear resides the next emotion enters,

agony

the longing becoming so intense to the midpoint,

suffering.

a sign is given for pain to finish next being,

penance

having committed an implied offence or crime,

compunction.

guilt has no more words to speak leaving no

option

but for the wishing to continue just as a

vision.

hope for the present state to be a utopia,

imagination.

nothing more than humanity’s greed,

for perfection.