What lies around the corner is unknown,
how we could not see in 2019
a storm of catastrophic proportions,
trouble is our blind spots reveal a zone
little to no one can connect the dots,
in 2020, tsunamis unseen
entered our living spaces, distortions
sound cognitive dissonance in our ears,
as we approach 2021, spots
resolved years ago reappear, our eyes
only just now start to degenerate,
under these conditions, who perceives lies
nurtured by The President to frustrate
determined citizens beyond their fears,
tragically, the population declines
horrifically not with age but disease,
enter the 20s full of hope, but time
ceases to be on our side, we find lines
on every corner, waiting to buy food,
remember the person who holds the keys
not to our past but to the present, climb,
elongate your arms to reach the future,
reach back and pull us forward, beyond shrewd,
intelligent dealers of pain, suffer
sorrow and loss, as family members pass,
ultimately, we survive, the buffer
needed to support life passes top brass,
kiss your loved ones while you can, we suture
noticeable gashes and cuts and move
on, back to normalcy, if we accept
winter as a bitter season, we prove
no one can hold us back, once we have wept.
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