2020

2020 begins

with forest fires,

tense foreign relationships,

and impeachment trials.

When the new born January

fades into February,

tensions amid the east coast

rise more than ever.

The cold bite of winter

dissolves

into the wet showers of

Spring,

as March beholds a

blossom for the entire

world.

A blossom

of death,

depression,

and confinement.

The pollen-

a deadly virus

fertilizing even the top

countries of the world.

Days dwindle to weeks.

Then

months

and

months

of shut doors,

masks,

and news of

sickness and disease.

As futures are left

in a thick

fog,

Covid-19 leads many

down stray paths.

Lost, unfamiliar

grounds

soon turn into

a daily routine.

The once abundant

constant worry and

fear, slowly start to

subside,

placing itself in just

a corner, amidst a room

full of emotions.

May and June erase

traces of a pandemic on

the news,

for a few weeks,

bringing in

latest events of injustice

and racism.

Protesters march down the

many streets of America

Fighting back, voicing out for the

equality needed.

Time runs and runs,

the same as any year,

however, the uncertainty

this one,

year 2020,

brings,

makes it feel

slow,

bleak,

and tiring.

Hope is the

only spark

left dwindling,

pushing people across

the dark world

toward the speck

of light

everyone wants to reach

to be rid of this

darkness.