Sunday 16 August 2020

A Poem a Day (244): Space and the peacock

 

Space and the peacock

It seems a small degree of space
We seek to carve out for ourselves,

A camp for destress, a holding pattern, 
A place to recharge our bodies

In this ever-moving unravelling pace,
But whatever we need most conflicts.

Someone else needs your space.
Someone else needs your time,

Your self, your plans, your piece.
Draining your energy levels down.

The ego doing its best to stand tall,
A strutting peacock shouting its will

In order to satisfy its own wants
Without consideration for scale.

It is a lonesome selfish gene
And it billows out and out.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, August 16 2020

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