Past the wall
By Pippa R
Published 22 September 2023
I find myself here, like it’s calling my name
I know I belong here, I feel the wind licking at my skin, so gentle, so harmful, what about today.
A drop of water falls on my head, so peaceful, but I can hear distant echoes of cars, every now and then, this place is so peaceful, but for how long.
I start to leave, ‘come back, return’, the plants say.
‘Come back, return’ I will, I promise, back over the bridge, past the wall that divides the gardens and the traffic.