Every day in October, I’m sharing poetry-writing inspiration, exercises, and prompts on jordanelisheva.com for the #31poems challenge. This is the poem I wrote in response to today’s prompt:
I need a break,
some time to be
without the push of social life
and pull of responsibility.
I need a break,
some space to breathe
between the suffocating moments
of work and play.
I can’t find time —
it’s all taken up by something or someone.
Space doesn’t appear —
for nature abhors a vacuum and fills it.
So I’ll make
the time
to be
here and now.
And I’ll take
the space
to breathe
in and out.
For a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this poem, visit today’s #31poems post.
