Escapism!

The mists that cloak the trees at dawn

Evaporate - and sun rays swarm

Turning golden all I see

How Autumn days enliven me …

 

The media - weighed down with bad news:

(War-mongering does not enthuse;)

Disasters, natural or man-made,

A chaotic cavalcade…

 

The world of books has giant appeal

Amazing prose can seem more real;

The written word my mind engages -

I lose myself in turning pages…

 

We now lack leaders who inspire;

This muddled world of which I tire

Seems out-of-kilter, lost, at sea …

Who else thinks this? Is it just me?

(c) Poet in the woods 2022