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Reset and Reshape

the covid 19 pandemic has altered humanity ...
    laid the world bare ... recovery will take time
      and the way we live must be altered
        globally values have transformed
    and wait
for a world-wide reset

      ~  I have changed so much since the beginning
of this pandemic that I am not the same person
       but a better person has evolved  ~ 

        world-wide we must build together
     stronger expectations, become more resilient, greener
together we can build a better planet ...
but we need solutions from world leaders
      it will not be simple ... but we can and we will

  ~  as I watched on television the horrors of covid 19
           something inside of me was born and a person emerged
with serenity and tranquility in her heart ~ 

reality is the pandemic has made some rich
      large businesses thriving while small close
         people lose their jobs, masks mandatory ...
      children unable to play in parks  ... or go to school
people died 'alone' ...

~  we are almost there as populations get vaccinated
soon societies can amend, modify and revamp
        with far-reaching plans ... all-embracing 

    ... and to those we think the pandemic
                                    was a conspiracy, I say ...
        tell that to the millions of families grieving deaths
     and who could not even give their loved ones
                                        ...  proper funerals
    
 ~  soon, it will be time to reset and reshape
                                     are you ready ? _ ~

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June 17, 2021


Poetry/Free Verse/reset and reshape
Copyright Protected, ID 06-1365-039-17
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France

Written for the Standard contest, Global Reset 21
sponsor, Joe Maverick, Judged 07/11/2021

Seventh Place

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 6/17/2021 9:35:00 AM
Wonderful, Constance. Simply superb writing on the subject. The pandemic was real...and you make that clear. And, yes, I see some resetting and reshaping in the near future. I just hope we are ready.
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Constance La France
Date: 6/18/2021 9:14:00 AM
Milt, thank you for the wonderful comment and the compliment on my writing and the poem, I worked hard on this one, so I hope Joe likes it, peace _Constance

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