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The Escapist

May 18, 2023
By Anonymous

I wished for an escape,

I got one

Not a permanent one,

But a temporary reality,

Fake


Reality is hard,

Stressful, anxiety ridden, frustrating,

I found a escape,

I’m an escapist


Yes, it’s temporary

But it’s a vacation, 

It’s home

A home


I’ve met so many more people in this reality

I have more friends in this reality 

Temporarily 

They are home


This reality is welcoming,

No judgment,

Encouraging,

You can do whatever you want, 

Be whoever you want


This world is evanescent

It doesn’t stay,

I want it to

I don’t want to leave


I have to go back,

I’m an escapist after all,

They never leave for long, 

Right back to that imprisonment,

Neither will I

But that reality will remember me, 

The escapist


The author's comments:

I wrote this poem about escaping from reality, I tried to make it as versatile as I could so people could read it the context of whatever form of escapism they might use. Personally, I use fictional books as my outlet of escapism.


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