Framed perspectives

The lights are on

But for how long?

When minds are distracted

Bodies are consumed

Fear of scarcity

There is no sanctuary

Carrots dangle around our necks

The noose gets tighter

Give it a rest

Think for awhile

Collectively shift

To thoughtfulness

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Framed perspectives reflects on the pressures of distraction, fear and manufactured urgency — urging a collective return to thoughtfulness as a way of loosening the forces that keep people anxious, passive and constrained.

This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.