TUESDAY 6th APRIL 2021
This is a response to a Flash Fiction prompt from ‘The Last Post on WordPress’
Prompt…. Head to your favourite Blog, scroll down to the third post on the list. Take the third sentence on the post, and work it into a new post of your own.
‘Since soon out there into the wide unknown world’
With thanks to gunroswell and her ‘Rantings of a third kind’ blog.
RETREAT
by John Yeo
We live in our personal space in England,
The lawn slopes to the edge of some trees,
Our house sits in front of our woody garden
With shrubs in floral borders sure to please.
There is a secret path within those trees
Leading to a comfortable place of total seclusion.
Since soon out there into the wide unknown world
A wave of death and disease is approaching.
~
Thick bushes and shrubs screen this secret place
Shielding a hidden glade with a secure, secret studio,
A rustic gate opens into a walled garden space.
A sheltered arbor within, has a comfortable seat
In front of a pond with water lilies a tinkling fountain.
A place where safety and good health can be had.
Since soon out there into the wide unknown world
A wave of death and disease is approaching.
~
A peaceful electronic haven where we can retreat
To think private thoughts and muse now and again.
Numerous birds make their homes here in Spring
Sharing our privacy with their woodland melody.
Life’s mountainous problems are suddenly clear.
Bad news of an approaching viral pandemic
Soon out there into the wide unknown world
A wave of death and disease is approaching.
~
A peace seeps into every pore of our being.
We share our lockdown life freely on social media
Through posts that reveal many random Tweets.
Or adorning the face of any smart-media
From that exclusive, secluded, private retreat.
We lock ourselves away in complete seclusion
Since soon out there into the wide unknown world
A wave of death and disease is approaching.
~
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