While We Wait

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while i’m safe at home i can choose to tune out the onslaught of extermination behind my locked door i can shut out the screams of loved ones dying while i’m in here i can forget the atrocities of a new reality at least for now i can feel safe keep the monsters at arm’s length here i can forget that life as we knew it will never be the same this too shall pass of course not in my lifetime anyway i’ll be long gone but till then i have it in me to step up and make a difference Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~COVID 2020~ 2020 AP: Honorable Mention 2021 Posted on May 15, 2020

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/24/2020 5:37:00 AM

"at least for now i can feel safe keep the monsters at arm’s length" - you have stated this pandemic in exactly the right way.

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/24/2020 10:48:00 AM

Keep safe, Caren ~

Funom Makama

Date: 5/19/2020 6:11:00 AM

This infirmity shall pass. Humanity has been hit several times in world history, be it human disaster (war) or medical disaster (plague) with pockets of natural disasters here and there (earthquakes, hurricanes, landslides, etc). But we are still here. This is a well thought out and well expressed poem. I love every bit of it

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/19/2020 8:12:00 AM

Thank you, Funom. Indeed this too shall pass.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/15/2020 1:42:00 PM

We can shut it out... Keep the devices off and stay in our caves... Personally, I've accepted this as normal, and my life seems very nice for the most part... :) gw

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/19/2020 8:11:00 AM

Agreed. Best way to have a peaceful heart.

John Hamilton

Date: 5/15/2020 11:08:00 AM

Very nice write Line, it's true life will never be the same, I saw a report from the WHO yesterday that we may have to learn to live with this just like the aids virus!

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/15/2020 1:18:00 PM

except this virus is caught by casual contact vs casual sex~