Escaping Hope
by Jenova Roetto
Hope
Hope is an ocean. Containing more strength than the sea's biggest wave. Reflecting light at its surface, but below lies unknown darkness. Mermaids and sirens swim along the barrel beside you serving for company. The beautiful moment riding on the crest of its wave. Only to be tossed into its raging tides. Hope swirls dreams, admirations, and one’s will to live in a whirlpool crushing them in its trenches. Hope carries havoc in its aftershocks. Swept through the undertow and spit back out onto the shore. Gasping for breath only for a moment before the next wave comes crashing onto the shore. Dragging you with the backwash into the dark magnificence of its depths.
Escape
Escape is a cosmos. Little glittering diamonds shimmer on the inky velvet that is the sky. Distraction follows escape. A calm follows distraction. Imagination is free to run rampant here. Astronauts with fishbowls for helmets and fairies playing hopscotch with constellations as guides serve for company. Escape makes anything possible. But escape takes away as much as it gives.
by Jenova Roetto
Hope
Hope is an ocean. Containing more strength than the sea's biggest wave. Reflecting light at its surface, but below lies unknown darkness. Mermaids and sirens swim along the barrel beside you serving for company. The beautiful moment riding on the crest of its wave. Only to be tossed into its raging tides. Hope swirls dreams, admirations, and one’s will to live in a whirlpool crushing them in its trenches. Hope carries havoc in its aftershocks. Swept through the undertow and spit back out onto the shore. Gasping for breath only for a moment before the next wave comes crashing onto the shore. Dragging you with the backwash into the dark magnificence of its depths.
Escape
Escape is a cosmos. Little glittering diamonds shimmer on the inky velvet that is the sky. Distraction follows escape. A calm follows distraction. Imagination is free to run rampant here. Astronauts with fishbowls for helmets and fairies playing hopscotch with constellations as guides serve for company. Escape makes anything possible. But escape takes away as much as it gives.