The Escape

by CD Richards

In tax-free citadels, they claim high ground,

and haul our spirits, cowed, across the coals.

The chains of guilt, by means of which we're bound,

ensuring the entrapment of our souls.

With righteous indignation, so devout,

they speak of folly, waywardness and sin.

While promising to force the demons out,

the sermonising serves to keep them in.

But sometimes, through the cracks, will be perceived

a ray of hope, a glimpse of sanity;

and, letting go of fables long believed,

acceptance of the truth shall make us free.

The liberty most difficult to find?

Absconsion from the prison of one's mind.

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Today's word: absconsion (n.) an escape.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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The Escape

by CD Richards

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