Our Escape

what a strange place we find ourselves in. trapped in the open we are free within we ask for spare change and currency as we stake out our places downtown dreaming our other lives gargoyles carved on stone faces stare as we break down and the city bears its age as we walk broken sidewalks looking upward to see dark clouds as omens and we ask ourselves will it rain busses whoosh past cars honk, and sirens scream when from all around conversations rise trees in a park by the shore their arms sway in a breeze as the river sings in our hearts our escape Matrix Contest March 23, 2022 The first four lines are a quote provided for the contest.