When you think of me
Dec 15, 2020
How will you remember me, I wonder?
Furtive I crept in, to consume you.
Will you remember me as an interlude?
A pause, a reset, a time for repose?
Or will you only recollect
the hunger, the chaos, and the misery?
The injustices, the rebellions;
the battles we won and lost?
The children you held close,
the families that entwined and unraveled?
The people you grieved for?
The causes you held dear,
and those you couldn’t even see
through your tinted lenses.
Layer upon layer, you and I,
we build our shared history.
What sense will you make of me?
My turmoil might yet colour
The remainder of your days.
