life on our globe has turned
truly ‘complificated’
and many struggle to maintain
a semblance of the ordinary
in our daily goings about town
face masks, regulations and prescriptions
have changed how we can interact
if we may at all
with each other, friends, family, or strangers
physical distancing may rise desire
for at least digital social closeness
yet in its wake
emotional remoteness seems to grow
hanging like a shadow over
occasional live meetings with old friends
children, aunts, uncles, grandparents etc.
we watch them with veiled suspicion
they somehow look a little less familiar
since we met them last time
who knows what they might carry
strangers watching strangers we have become
growing more alienated from each other
Sep 14, 2020
Sep 14, 2020 at 11:55 AM UTC
life on our globe has turned
truly ‘complificated’
and many struggle to maintain
a semblance of the ordinary
in our daily goings about town
face masks, regulations and prescriptions
have changed how we can interact
if we may at all
with each other, friends, family, or strangers
physical distancing may rise desire
for at least digital social closeness
yet in its wake
emotional remoteness seems to grow
hanging like a shadow over
occasional live meetings with old friends
children, aunts, uncles, grandparents etc.
we watch them with veiled suspicion
they somehow look a little less familiar
since we met them last time
who knows what they might carry
strangers watching strangers we have become
growing more alienated from each other
