Ode to Escapism

I crave some peace

Peace to find my inner self.

Life makes demands

I do not always want

To answer their call.

Child, pupil, sweetheart, wife

Mother, grandmother, friend,

Foe, nurse, adviser, comforter,

The list goes on but deep

Inside just who am I.

I feel would like to escape

To that place that is so

Secret I will never be found

Until I am ready to take

Part in Life again.

Will the me that I discover

Be someone that I like

Admire even, or will I find

Deep disappointment in

The person I have become.