Locked down!
Faces etched with frowns -
Our world shrinks
To the sum of our homes,
But minds free to roam.
Where to go?
World framed by a window pane
Room to room - couch to bed
But darker journeys in my head!
Imagination sets sail
Tossed in a sea of pain
Of loss, of fear, of those held dear,
Passing islands of despair
To see the anxiety locked in there.
What to do?
Read and write
An hour on the bike?
Bake and rake
An hour to jump and shake?
A drink - a brew
Binge watch a movie or two?
Weep and cry
For those who die?
Breathe in - breathe out
Bring that vessel about!
For darkness find light
For pain find comfort
For despair find hope
For anxiety find serenity
Captain your mind to navigate your destiny!
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Words of needed encouragement to keep carrying on while house-bound - a voyage that could find us doing things we never knew how before lockdown are both easy and fun. Thanks for sharing the gloom of fear's questions unanswered Sue - - look forward to reading more of your work,
Thank you 😊
Angela here - Good Afternoon SUE ! LOCKDOWN has spawned some interesting ODES ! We have posted a FUSION (click on DEVELOPING to see it) on *LOCKDOWN* Please visit and add a POEM - Thanks. I love your POEM - V 1. Locked down @ Home - V 2. We can let our Imaginations - roam free V 3. Love the internal rhymes and the hope expressed in V 4. Light for Darkness - Comfort for Pain - Hope for Despair - Security for Anxieties - Captain your mind to Navigate your Destiny ! We can all learn something from LOCKDOWN ! Thanks for sharing ! Please check todays Poem *SMOKEY OUR FIRST CAT !*
Blessings & Peace & Joy
Love Angela & Brian 💛💛💛
Thanks for reading and recommendations for further reading.
Good words Sue, we must all keep on the track of sanity and our wondrous destiny will be there for us.
Andy
Thanks Andy- stay safe!
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