Some days a prompt is meant to be reinterpreted. That was today for me. Susan at Verselove offered a prompt called Lingering Lines that was born of lines from plays, movies, music… Those lines that linger in your mind and replay themselves without you consciously pushing replay.
But for some reason, lingering lines became literal lines for me today. I spent some time at the Safari Park and it was the long lines of bamboo reaching for the sunlight that lingered in my mind…and inspired today’s poem.
Life’s Lines
Lines of cars
ants
scurrying
hurrying
to get somewhere
Lines of people
queuing
for tickets
for food
for the tram
for a look
Lines of light
penetrating
lingering
caressing
nature’s greens
breathing in
human
breathing out
life’s lines
grab on
hold on
embrace lines
that heal
Thinking Through My Lens 
I like your version of lingering lines and love the trees here
Kim, this is so beautiful! I love the “life’s lines” that you encourage us to embrace. Instead of the hurry/scurrying lines, I’ll take the “lines of light” “that heal”. I like how your poem is one long line. Glorious!