Carefree in a tended garden a small child plays Running between rows of hyacinths chasing butterflies and bees A mother watches on from a shady spot under a swaying tree As little one squeals and laughs at her wild imagination Mother rests her eyes and breathes in the sweet soft wind And opens them to…
Category: Poetry
Escapril 2022: I Think We’re Lost
You turn the map this way and that and stare at the ever changing horizon The paper distorts one way then another with ever changing topography It like magic but the fearful kind that pulls the earth from underneath you The frantic worry from years ago has shifted into solemn resignation Blink and the…
Escapril 2022: An Odd Number Of…
I flex my fingers and curl them tight Stretch my toes and scrunch them close Seems so odd how important these are to me Loose one, the wrong one, and suddenly their even but the remaining are weakened I flex my fingers and curl them tight Stretch my toes and scrunch them close How…
Escapril 2022: Magnification
From afar it’s nothing but a ball of fluff on a stick in the wind But pick it and look in close you might see dreams within With a strong breath watch it disappear on a gentle twist of air There goes the wishes carefully made off to come true without a care Prompt:…
Escapril 2022: We’re Not Alone
Shutters once latched bang listlessly against the glass A splintered door hangs precariously from its frame A shattered bulb swings and flickers over the sideways table The walls shift and change and bubble where the blood splattered A shriek and howl, then haunting silence Sometimes we don’t get a warning Prompt: We’re Not Alone
Escapril 2022: ____ As Medicine
It’s French Earl Grey with a dash of milk The smell of old books in a second hand store The flick of a paintbrush of gold on a page It’s potatoes and stew on a cold winters night The warmth of a hug when times are hard The gentle touch when words fail …
Escapril 2022: Body Swap
They say that this time is when I’m prime and it gets worse from here But my bones already ache and break under the heaviness of this decade And disease runs rife and wars take life on a global stage Everyday my brain hurting, it’s concerning how much I’m losing capacity to think They…
Escapril 2022: Time (Non-linear)
Hours early and minutes late, the tick tick tick of eager paranoia I have to see the plane is there with nervous hours spare though I know better Spiraled thoughts of no taxi cabs and long security lines still haunt this frequent flyer But it is always so much faster, check points ticked in record…
Escapril 2022: Crush
Chit and chatter bounce around anecdotes and laughter You tell your story and I tell mine, careful not to seem too eager We’re here with friends but I can’t help it’s only you I pay attention And from what I learned last week, I suspect it’s reciprocated And so we’ve done this little dance of…
Escapril 2022: Strange Behaviour
A flash of orange, brown and black darts between the groaning trees Eyes wide in search of log or burrow to shelter from the violence of the rain Matted fur slick with wet the weary fox runs on and on, ahead a sheltered burrow Without thought he scuttled quickly underground body pressed against warm soil…