Getting Lost
written by: Olivia Todd
@StoryMinded97
I get lost in clothing shops.
Not for a lack of paying attention,
or from inheriting my nan’s
wonky compass genes,
but for the joy of daydreaming.
Lifeless fabric is boring when compared
to a screeching griffin soaring.
A rush of colours rippling past
in rows of rainbow hues.
Scarves morph into a kingdom’s mass of flags.
Poetic lines form
quicker than I can memorise.
My mum emerges around a corner,
her eyes contemplating my demise.
It’s not that I don’t treasure her words—
she’s not been admitted to a care home.
Like a dragon guarding her eggs,
I coil my soul around them.
The reason I struggle to listen is
that I cannot help getting lost
when inventing stories
among a treetop of hangers.
When I was a child, I fell in love with words at my little local library. From that point onward, I knew I wanted to create emotionally moving stories through the power of words alone. Reading and writing go hand-in-hand for me. Writing is a never-ending journey, and I am looking forward to improving my craft. I hope to share more stories/poetry in the future. To date, my short story Moon was joint winner in the MJ Meads Short Story Competition (2018), I have various poems published through the Young Poets Network, another poem The Mermaid of Feejee was published in The London Magazine (February/March 2021) and I have self-published a sci-fi dystopian novella called A Human's Touch (2021)
Latest posts by Olivia Todd (see all)
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