Today’s word is “escapism” ... the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or in an imaginative situation, activity, etc. (Dictionary.com)
Enough
Run away! Run away,” my brain says,
But there is no place that’s safe.
No place that is “away.”
There is a virus lurking,
Hiding in plain sight,
Shaking all our confidence.
We are unsure.
Fires are burning, windows breaking,
Mobs in the street, screaming.
Hate flowing freely. Grimly.
Brick by brick the violence grows.
Escapism is tempting,
Telling us, anywhere else would be better.
Perhaps if we listen instead
To the still, small voice inside us,
Our actions will be turned
By love.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2020
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