Poetry – The Invisible Prison Guard

The Invisible Prison Guard

 

The blue summer sky

And the new green shoots,

The fresh air

Tasting new routes,

Seen through bars of the cells

Of our home;

Looking out at a land

Through which we no longer roam.

 

On the air

And in anything we touch

There’s an invisible prison guard

Keeping us in our hutch;

Away from families

And lost to friends

Until we heal

And the country mends.

 

Opher – 5.4.2020