‘Catalyst’: Poem by Syahrina Hanif, Apeejay School, Panchsheel Park

I might be able to grasp your allure O catalyst!
I sense you everywhere
From the corners of the classrooms
To the sharp zig zags
Of haunted hallowed stairs

Your invisible presence looms in every whisper
Infusing them with sparks
I doubt we have met before
Nor was I certain
That you were a proven hypothesis
Universal yet foreign

You matter so much to most
Allow me to study your significance
From a safe distance
Beneath a broken microscope