Time

Today's prompt is to write  poem based on our responses in the given "Almanac Questionnaire." My answers and the poem to follow:

Almanac Questionnaire

Weather: Cloudy, but warm
Flora: Inca lily
Architecture: Tuscan
Customs: I'm not big on customs
Mammals/reptiles/fish: dogs, cats and lizards
Childhood dream: To live in the mountains
Found on the street: 20c
Export: Fruit and wine
Graffiti: on Edinburgh's streets ("Down with London rule")
Lover: Whahahahahaha
Conspiracy: Is China trying to sink the world's economies?
Dress: Black swing dress with white polka dots
Hometown memory: Riding bicycles in the street
Notable person: Passenger (Mike Rosenberg. He is notable to me)
Outside your window, you find: a herb box
Today's news headline: "SA's COVID-19 death toll hits 87, infections rise to 4546"
Scrap from a letter: "eat marshmallows on the moon" (from a birthday card)
Animal from a myth: dragon
Story read to children at night: Little Red Riding Hood
You walk three minutes down an alley and you find: a view of a sunset
You walk to the border and hear: silence
What you fear: needles
Picture on your city's postcard: the Union Buildings

Never the same

Will I ever walk the streets of Edinburgh again,

trying to hide a smile at her graffiti,

shouting "Down with London rule"?

Will I ever ride a bicycle again

like when I was a kid

or dance again in

my black swing dress 

with the white polka dots?

Will I ever get to live in the mountains,

eat marshmallows on the moon,

or meet a dragon?

The world looks different,

yet –

the herb box beneath my window,

my salmon pink Inca lilies,

and the silent sunsets

remain

But

it will never be the same

Andrea Vermaak © 2020