Normal

We all have different “normals” –

What we eat or wear or read

Or when we sleep or watch TV

To like the lives we lead.

 

The jobs we do, the trips we take,

The purchases we’re buying –

Our choices all are factors

In our living and our dying.

 

But “normal’s” been upended

In this crisis-laden year,

With many things on hold because

Of circumstance or fear.

 

My normal may not be like yours

Though maybe my resistance

To getting back to what once was

Will keep us at a distance.