Escape

The lush green

from so many weeks of rain

pushes at the windows,

invites a quiet escape

from the room of classical music

and the old man dozing and rocking

and too much heat

To where everything is too long

for the well-groomed yard,

too wild for easy tending,

and birds and engines vie for prominence

in the suburban soundscape

and I haven’t really escaped anything

by stepping outside.

©Wendy Mulhern

May 18, 2017