Escaping By Another Route Poem by Andy Brookes

When did we become safe complacent?
when did you start locking the doors on adventures?
closing windows to the world, so that we are here trapped together

you blocked the chimney to the fire of ambition, finding the only place left is the attic
where a forgotten escape hatch remains amid the relicts old escapades clambering out on the roof to breath free air magnificent view.

come down off the roof dear you'll hurt yourself you say
shoutingsay maybeI'll feel something, anything!
leaping into the unknown you follow scared but relieved
after all, I say, reassuring, life is just one big adventure
we laugh until we cry so, let's carry on until we die,
as we book an Amazon trekking adventure.