Last updated on 05/02/2024
Thursday 5th October 2023
Refuge
Refuge – a thing I like to seek –
a state of mind that gets my brain,
I crave it badly, week by week,
when walking home in pouring rain.
Refuge from raining prejudice,
when living in a state of storm,
which could become my nemesis
revealed in some way, shape or form.
Refuge from constant climate change,
a world submerging under sea,
a fate that seems to rearrange
the fear we might cease to be.
Refuge from man’s extremity
of values, ideas, vicious thought,
opinions that bring enmity
set traps in which we can get caught.
Refuge becomes a state of mind,
that often bends our point of view,
to destinies that we might find
when facing up to all things new.
Notes
On Thursday 5 October 2023, we, i the UK, celebrate National Poetry Day, which this year focuses on the theme of refuge. National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages everyone to make, experience and share poetry with family and friends. Each year we come together because voices, words and stories help to bridge understanding in our community. This year, National Poetry Day is on Thursday 5 October 2023.
Read my Poem About Winter.