Escape

Shadows, shadows,

Hug me round,

So that I shall not be found

By sorrow:

She pursues me

Everywhere,

I can't lose her

Anywhere.

Fold me in your black

Abyss,

She will never look

In this,—

Shadows, shadows,

Hug me round

In your solitude

Profound.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain.

About this Poem

"Escape" appeared in The New Negro: An Interpretation (Albert & Charles Boni, Inc., 1925).

Author

Georgia Douglas Johnson

Georgia Douglas Johnson was born in Atlanta on September 10, 1880, and was raised in Rome, Georgia, and Atlanta. Johnson attended Atlanta University Normal School and studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. She initially aspired to become a composer.

Date Published

02/01/1925