This is a poem about how much I wish I could travel back to the countryside because I sometimes feel overwhelmed by big-city life. Also, I believe that in life, we often need small breaks in our daily routines and some escapes.
Here is my poem about finding that escape:
Green fields
Big houses built from wood
In the forest
Midst away.
It seems as if now
I couldn’t see you
The winds cover you
The smog from the cars around me
Hide you
Telling me to stay away.
I’m letting you know I’m here.
No matter what nature does
No matter what geography tells you
No matter as if it seems as if
I’m away.
I hear cars honking around me.
Busses stopping
People screaming
Chitter-chattering
Telling me to
Never go away.
My routine every day
Repeats itself
Like some alarm clock
Or record tape
Playing the same rhythm
In dismay.
In my heart
I no longer feel
I no longer move
In my head
Millions of thoughts cross
Over
Telling me and forcing me
To stick with this life
Anyway
I last saw you
In what feels like forever
But I know it was just
Weeks away
I last remember you
In my dreams
Coddling me through the sunlight,
Warming me through the fire,
Consoling me through the water,
Everyday.
I wish you were here.
But I know you wish I were there more.
Even if you don’t
I’m telling you that
I miss you
Anyday
In every way.
I’m sure everyone has that one special place in mind that they miss. The place I think of is somewhere in nature, close to my city, but in the countryside. Whenever I miss it, I reflect on this poem and remind myself that I’ll be returning there soon, no matter how busy life gets. And I hope you can also look back fondly on that place.
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