2020: Year of Panic

It was new to most of us,

to the world. Total confusion, but we have a plan

and a plan B, and they kept changing...

We were sent home to create a new office at home,

"Take whatever you may need

we may be out of the office for a while."

 

Stock up, but don't hoard

essentials while non-essentials become

a priority. Words like mitigation, CDC guidelines

and mixed messages fill

our TV screens with press conferences and breaking news.

 

Zoom

what to do and not do

while zooming. Online classes and meetings

teaching teachers and parents how to navigate

lessons and information in our changed world.

 

More time at home learning

to be creative at play

cooking most meals at home, let's grill

again! Streaming TV shows, movies, and church

music to fill our weary souls deprived of live

concerts, events, reunions, and rites

of passages.

 

By the end of spring, or by the summer it will

be better, fall was worse with missing loved ones

during the holidays. Now almost a year

later there's hope

with vaccinations and in a few years, herd-immunity

this virus and its variants are here to stay.