Friday, April 10, 2020

It Takes a Pandemic

It takes a pandemic to watch your world shrink
To ration your ice cream, wash clothes in the sink
To realize that life can be snuffed in a blink
Just like what we’re doing today.

It takes a pandemic to miss open air
To FaceTime with grandkids and wish you were there
To swerve around strangers whose sidewalk you share
And hope that the germs stay away.

It takes a pandemic to shelter in place
To curse FaceTime’s box that’s displaying your face
To long for the feel of a friend’s tight embrace
And wonder if we’ll be okay.

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