𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬: "Player One" by Chrisian Jaira Barles

Layout by Chrisian Jaira Barles

Published by: Daniel Joshua Madrid

Date Published: April 15, 2024

Time Published: 7:50 AM

Category: Poetry

Theme: The feeling of escapism when playing games.

A single click of a mouse brings me to another world,

the start up screen gives me peace,

and I feel myself unfurl

In here I have control, I’m not bound by anything.

In this oasis, I hear my heart sing.

Far from reality, where everything is misery,

although contained within a screen,

in my small world I relish in every victory

for a moment, life is quiet, and filled with serenity.

It may seem cowardly, that i choose to run away,

leaving behind my agony,

but nothing else soothes me quite like my fantasy.

Tomorrow I will face my troubles,

fight my way through the rubble,

but you cannot ask that of me today.

Today, until the dawn,

I am simply Player One.

IMAGE SOURCE:

[8bit day]. (2013). [Image]. Imgur. https://imgur.com/gallery/VZ9H2