Zoo (an acrostic poem)

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Zebras frolicking among the polar bears

Outside the eagle screeches in longing to fly high

Observe nature in their not natural environment

Balance (an acrostic poem)

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Born to teeter-totter through life

Always trying to find equilibrium

Longing to stay in the center

And yet we usually over compensate

Now we smash side to side farther and farther as we get older

Considering it a right of passage imparting some magical wisdom and yet

Eventually we all fall down

Hug (an acrostic poem)

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He felt his heart and arms ache with longing

Understanding the need for social distancing, but….

Going cold turkey for so long hurt his extroverted soul even more

Cell (an acrostic poem)

Captivity can be so confining

Especially when watching the bars

Longing for a way out

Locked into my phone and ignoring the world

 

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