Escape

A metaphor for escapism and how it always ends with being forced to face reality.

Longingly she gazes at the horizon
The water shimmering and twinkling like a diamond
In her eyes the sea is an underwater world of wonder
Adventures galore hidden by the shadow of the world under

Under the sea she goes
And fish come out of the coves
Greeting the rejected girl
To her, she had found a beautiful pearl

But then a clap of thunder and a flash of lighting
Just as her sense of happiness began heightening
Comes a storm vicious and unforgiving
Leaving nothing but the girl living

The reefs lay in ruins
Bodies big and small litter the sea floor, their scales translucent
Death all around
While under a rock the girl is safe and sound

Paradise lost
Now she truly sees her escape’s cost
With nowhere left to go, to reality she must return
She emerges from the water, her mouth in a permanent downturn

Hatred for existence
She prays for assistance
Escape destroyed
Forever her soul is trapped in the dark void