Escape Poems
#escape
Escape poems, poems about liberation and escape. Poetry about breaking free from confinement or control. Poems about freedom from oppression, imprisonment, or limits and expectations on our thoughts or behaviour. Escape poems includes poetry about escapism and running away from challenging life situations.
It Was On A California Beach
Sarah figured that she
had enough of living
with her family and
decided to go for a
fresh start somewhere.
It was on a California
beach that a bikini
clad Sarah caught the
eye of the lead singer
of a heavy metal band.
You could guess the rest.
had enough of living
with her family and
decided to go for a
fresh start somewhere.
It was on a California
beach that a bikini
clad Sarah caught the
eye of the lead singer
of a heavy metal band.
You could guess the rest.
#beach
#fiction
#FreeVerse
#escape
#success
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WORLDWIDE
like a bad village cabaret;
There was music, an irrefutable magic
that sounded so familiar.
In the distance, there were mountains.
Mountains like I’d never seen before.
They looked unnatural like the Pyramids of Giza
coming up like triangles through the world,
but they were the brightest emerald green.
My mind then became aware of my fingers
around the strings, as I felt the body
of the guitar held against me.
I was waking. It was then I started to realize
it was me playing the music.
There was music, an irrefutable magic
that sounded so familiar.
In the distance, there were mountains.
Mountains like I’d never seen before.
They looked unnatural like the Pyramids of Giza
coming up like triangles through the world,
but they were the brightest emerald green.
My mind then became aware of my fingers
around the strings, as I felt the body
of the guitar held against me.
I was waking. It was then I started to realize
it was me playing the music.
#escape
#scifi
#PersonalGrowth
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Lens
pajamas at Walmart
everyone covered in blotchy green tattoos
texting drivers
AI images of lush creepy dream homes
plastic water bottles on the ground
obsessive self-documenters
super morbid obesity
diabetic kids breakfasting on cookies and Sprite
choosy beggars on social media
an apocalypse of screen zombies
the Milky Way murdered by city lights
smog blotting out majestic mountains
bad news everywhere
danger
danger
a reflected traffic light
on a drizzly city...
everyone covered in blotchy green tattoos
texting drivers
AI images of lush creepy dream homes
plastic water bottles on the ground
obsessive self-documenters
super morbid obesity
diabetic kids breakfasting on cookies and Sprite
choosy beggars on social media
an apocalypse of screen zombies
the Milky Way murdered by city lights
smog blotting out majestic mountains
bad news everywhere
danger
danger
a reflected traffic light
on a drizzly city...
#beauty
#escape
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One of Them
Stop with the parties
for starters
quit the drugs
and the booze
And the football and horses
you know you’re no fun when you loose
Give up the smokes
no jokes
if you can muster the will
And the friend who reminds you,
“Even boredom can kill”
Go sober they told ya
it will all work out fine
But that doesn’t help with the demons
or passing the time
Be respected and successful
be everything they tell you to be
Do what you want, man
just don’t try and sell it to me
Keep your...
for starters
quit the drugs
and the booze
And the football and horses
you know you’re no fun when you loose
Give up the smokes
no jokes
if you can muster the will
And the friend who reminds you,
“Even boredom can kill”
Go sober they told ya
it will all work out fine
But that doesn’t help with the demons
or passing the time
Be respected and successful
be everything they tell you to be
Do what you want, man
just don’t try and sell it to me
Keep your...
#alcohol
#drugs
#addiction
#freedom
#escape
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Messenger Of Grief
Showing up unannounced
to deliver grim news
it is the worst part of the job
speaking of things
that will break them
for a lifetime
And those that have no answers
haunt and gnaw at you,
knowing that if that one piece of the puzzle
could be discovered
they could have closure
and as pained as they will always be,
they would never have to wonder
who it was that silenced that person they loved
Some embrace me,
after it sinks in,
steadying themselves
from being sucked into the depths
of that...
to deliver grim news
it is the worst part of the job
speaking of things
that will break them
for a lifetime
And those that have no answers
haunt and gnaw at you,
knowing that if that one piece of the puzzle
could be discovered
they could have closure
and as pained as they will always be,
they would never have to wonder
who it was that silenced that person they loved
Some embrace me,
after it sinks in,
steadying themselves
from being sucked into the depths
of that...
#violence
#death
#escape #responsibility
#escape #responsibility
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Rinse and repeat
Night washes over the city
Bringing the buzz of streetlights
And pulsating rhythms of bars
A disease coursing through bodies
Infecting everyone who hears
Parasitic invasion of the soul
We drink and dance in and out of time
Laughing and floating with the smoke
That fills every corner with mist
Looking for connection to something
A need to be felt and heard
Not unlike the music we sway to
When morning comes
We'll return to our formulaic lives
Until next time
Rinse and repeat
Till...
Bringing the buzz of streetlights
And pulsating rhythms of bars
A disease coursing through bodies
Infecting everyone who hears
Parasitic invasion of the soul
We drink and dance in and out of time
Laughing and floating with the smoke
That fills every corner with mist
Looking for connection to something
A need to be felt and heard
Not unlike the music we sway to
When morning comes
We'll return to our formulaic lives
Until next time
Rinse and repeat
Till...
#happiness
#relationships
#dreams
#escape
#acceptance
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blood, flesh, bone
in this realm of limitations; there's no body I'd like to trade places with; it ends up in the same state regardless; this is the mental state one's in....
gradually numbing one's self to the bone; if only one could discard one's flesh; existence has been and continues to be a bloody mess....
the push and pull-like hot and cold-warm being balanced and neutral-the endless struggle; the black and white-the cut and dry-the shades of grey is where I reside....
I wish I could take flight high enough to go where...
gradually numbing one's self to the bone; if only one could discard one's flesh; existence has been and continues to be a bloody mess....
the push and pull-like hot and cold-warm being balanced and neutral-the endless struggle; the black and white-the cut and dry-the shades of grey is where I reside....
I wish I could take flight high enough to go where...
#humankind
#freedom
#escape
#philosophical
#peace
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In the Netherworld of Bliss
#lust
#apocalypse
#freedom
#escape
#rebellion
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Jail Break
A world viewed
through sunlit teardrop
Multi*faceted
and many hued
Amuses
Upside down
madness
Laughter ricochets
Off prison bars
of rattled ribcage
Startling
with its escape
Unaccustomed
to such rambunctious behavior
In the sudden silence
following
Edges of brittle
soften
Not much...
through sunlit teardrop
Multi*faceted
and many hued
Amuses
Upside down
madness
Laughter ricochets
Off prison bars
of rattled ribcage
Startling
with its escape
Unaccustomed
to such rambunctious behavior
In the sudden silence
following
Edges of brittle
soften
Not much...
#hope
#escape
#emotions
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black waters
i dreamed
last night,
as if
i was
floating over
your ocean,
the sky
was clear,
the moon
was lit,
but,
the waters,
they themselves
were black
and
as i dreamed,
you were
there,
you in
your antique
boat, sails
heavy with
wind,
each glimpse
that came
from
the moon
saw you
closer
to your ideas
of what
you hoped
to find.
last night,
as if
i was
floating over
your ocean,
the sky
was clear,
the moon
was lit,
but,
the waters,
they themselves
were black
and
as i dreamed,
you were
there,
you in
your antique
boat, sails
heavy with
wind,
each glimpse
that came
from
the moon
saw you
closer
to your ideas
of what
you hoped
to find.
#dreams
#learning
#escape
#choices
#determination
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jungle blues(just tolerating life)
to have seen "enough", done "enough", felt "enough"; meditation utilized like shovel to an endless snowfall; perhaps change of location where snow is foreign(an "easier" , "bearable" resting place-yet just another tedious assignment), despite the fact that everywhere will forever have its storms that takes on its many forms....(there's truly no where to escape the overall "hellhole")
#LifeCycle
#freedom
#escape #FeelingTrapped
#escape #FeelingTrapped
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the NorthSouth ballad
i guess i like it here,
warm, bright, and yellow tunes are everywhere!
it’s upbeat and catchy, and everyone sings along,
a very good song, fun and monophonic.
we’re singing so fast, though, that I'm struggling to breathe.
is it hot down here?
i’m sweating more than everyone else.
i’d like to listen to something different now…
i’ve been up there before too.
where the music is sundry and textured,
mysterious dissonance and moody melodies accompany the icy blue atmosphere.
the voices are glacial and layered, each...
warm, bright, and yellow tunes are everywhere!
it’s upbeat and catchy, and everyone sings along,
a very good song, fun and monophonic.
we’re singing so fast, though, that I'm struggling to breathe.
is it hot down here?
i’m sweating more than everyone else.
i’d like to listen to something different now…
i’ve been up there before too.
where the music is sundry and textured,
mysterious dissonance and moody melodies accompany the icy blue atmosphere.
the voices are glacial and layered, each...
#hope
#inspirational
#home
#LifeCycle
#escape
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