Photo by Cederic X
Celebrate how the four walls
of a lockdown can’t imprison
your child’s imagination
Take time to explore their fantasies
of fairy tale adventures,
Lego inventions or
imaginary friends
Cherish these fleeting moments
as a child transforms
chairs and a blanket into a castle
safe from a hostile world
Once freed from spoon-fed television
a child’s world can escape
class, caste and privilege
so anyone can become a princess,
a president, or a rock star
Nurture these escapes
before the so-called real world
eats away at fantasy’s edge
and reduces them to trolls
imagining only a day to day survival
First Published by Headline Poetry & Press online in June 2020.
The Author
Sam Love lives in New Bern, NC. His poetry book, "Cogitation", is available from Unsolicited Press. He published an award-winning illustrated children’s book "My Little Plastic Bag". It is available in Spanish and English. His new collection of environmental poems "Awakening: Musings on Planetary Survival" is published by Fly on the Wall Press in Manchester, England. His poems have been published in numerous publications and ezines. More info: www.samlove.net.
Sam Love