How to Be an (Undercover) Hermit

[alycewilson]

This is my entry for Week 7 of LJ Idol. The topic this week is hikikomori.

How to Be an (Undercover) Hermit

Make a cave inside
your mind: moss-lush, or candle-sparse. Lined
with books or fluffy cashmere. Stocked
with chamomile, or slushy with gin.
Steamy baths or cold gel masks.
Filled with ballads and chants,
or aggressive guitar riffs, or water
plunking rhythmically.

When overwhelmed with clamor, inhale
deeply; blow open the flap
and escape within.



A photo I took a few years ago inside Penn's Cave showing silhouetted formations against multicolored lights.

Comments

[murielle]

The cave is spooky. The poem delightful. I'll have the chamomile, please. And the books. 😊

My hermit soul is singing. ❤

[alycewilson]

I actually quite like caves, but that's partly because I once dated a guy who taught me about the real natural phenomena inside them that I find so fascinating. I'm not a bit surprised at your choices.

*hands over a cup of steaming chamomile tea and gestures to a stack of intriguing books*