I wrote this poem just a few days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It is what is known as a specular or mirror poem. You will see what I mean when you reach the last line.
SAFE
I am safe
I am in the bath
Outside it is not safe
Fierce winds are tearing down the trees
People must not drive
They say
Stay indoors
There is a red weather warning
A storm is raging outside
A pandemic is surging throughout the world
Putin might invade Ukraine
At any moment
I am in the bath
I am safe
Now read the poem again from the bottom line to the top.
© Andrea Neidle, My Life in Poems
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