Enchanting Outdoors
Watching life outside while stuck inside
Fairness is gone
when we are being kept inside,
away from the beauty of nature.
Theory,
that is good for our well-being,
in reality,
does more damage than good.
From my window,
watching plants grow,
showing signs of spring.
Their lives beginning
and we are trapped,
longing to be outdoors
to experience the wonders
of what is outside.
Held against my will,
an attack against
what is natural.
craving for the freedom
we deserve.
Hunger for something
I missed for so long
only gets stronger
right from the start.
Nothing can compare
from the experience itself.
Not reading a book,
watching television.
Not even our imagination.
Hard to accept
to this new kind of living,
only wanting to be
playing the role,
where we are one with nature.
Bitter for the time being,
until all restraints are off.
And the outside world
will once again,
be the enchanting place
it has always been.
Author's Note: A poem I wrote of how one feels being trapped during lockdown while the outside world is calling us.
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Christine Antosca
I am a freelance writer who writes novels as a ghostwriter. I am also a poet. I love to read. Writing poetry is my passion because I really can put my emotions into words when I’m writing poems.
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