Lost

On Hackney Road

Befuddled, confused, she crossed the grey road,
dragging behind, two full weeks of belongings.
It was hot, muggy and this was an adventure
they said, “Once in a lifetime”, maybe “inspiring”

She, like other great explorers before her, was lost
the sign up high named it as Hackney Road.
‘Looks shady’ she said, silently, to herself
far too dodgy to find how to get out with her phone.

Wrapped in ourselves we miss the nuance
of the places we wish to find ourselves not in.
What part of us do we, perhaps, leave to
these places where we mis-max our emotions.

From the rubble was rising a building, 
where her unconceived daughter, falls in love in.

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London June 2018, Nikon f80

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