Thursday 24 October 2024

It’s just a barn by Suzie Pearson

The building looms ominously

It’s just a barn

Locked

Peer through pale blue curtains

Straining to hear whispers, see hints of movement

Trying to make sense of it

A puzzle made of smoke and mirrors

Grasping at meaning

Needing a key to unlock it

But it’s just a barn

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I wrote this after the 'I met a psychic once' poem.

The pale blue curtains are a reference to her penchant for wearing that colour. I was trying to convey a sense of how we try and interpret what we see /hear with deeper meaning...but maybe sometimes it IS what is says in the tin.

It really IS just a barn.

https://wordsfromanotebook.com/its-just-a-barn/

2 comments:

Irena Szirtes said...

Very true....though when it comes to our writing, readers can sometimes percieve things we didn't. But only sometimes!

Jennie said...

I like this Suzie. Well, it is just a barn, but the thought of a barn can create all kinds of imaginings. I like your attempt to give significance to the pale blue curtains.