Saturday, December 5, 2020

On Loss....

Loss ....

A word with myriad implications and connotations.... 

An "umbrella", if you will, to lend cover to the torrential currents of 

all things drenched in "lack"....

2020....

My God....

So much pain and heartache....So much death and fear....

So much HATRED....DIVISION....

We are not only divided by the INSANITY of the political arena and

 the unwavering paranoia embedded therein, but we

are LITERALLY divided into singular pods in which to exist....

We order in and watch the news and wear masks and WORRY....

We wait with bated breath for a promised "ELIXIR" to FIX the ALL-

CONSUMING plague upon us....

But here's what.... 

NOTHING will EVER go back to the innocence of before... 

The luxury of "taking EVERYTHING for granted"....

We will forever remember this time as BEFORE the PANDEMIC 

and AFTER the PANDEMIC....

(to be continued....)


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