Can we watch a pandemic shake us And just return to the world as it was before? Or is this the final straw, That breaks our world down and lets it change. A world softened by an ongoing crisis Soft clay able to be molded by the people who live through it. Instead of looking... Continue Reading →
Six Word Memoirs Part 7 Sending Support To Doctors And Nurses. 2020 Feels Like An Entire Decade. Depression And Anxiety Don't Social Distance. Protect Essential Workers; Pay Them More. I Want To Hug My Friends. Stay Strong. We're In This Together. Header Photo created using Canva https://www.canva.com/ Six... Continue Reading →
Deep breaths and gentle breeze. Flower petals spinning and dancing through my dreams. Sun rising on a misty morning. Gentle rain clouds parting. World waking. Eyes opening to warming winds. New growth springs from the Earth as I rise from my bed. Header Photo Credit to Trek Earth https://www.trekearth.com/gallery/North_America/United_States/South/Texas/Greenville/photo169542.htm
Dark clouds form overhead. They bring a short silence before rain begins to fall. Chattering raindrops and echoes of thunder. Winds whip and swirl. Trees shake and tremble. Budding leaves have their first taste of rain. People sit inside watching through the window. Droplets cling to the glass as they slip and fall. Eager breaths... Continue Reading →
Doctors and nurses suited up in scrubs. Wielding knowledge and medicine like blades and shields. Impenetrable walls between us and the sickness. Fighting the disease spewing pandemic by breaking though its scaly body. Bards will sing and share stories of your courage and your triumphs. While banners of red crosses and caduceus are held high.... Continue Reading →
Island Life Is Sweet Animal Friends By My Side Building Paradise Header Photo Credit to Nintendo UK https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/Animal-Crossing-New-Horizons-1438623.html
Everyone is stuck inside looking out. Distanced from one another. Public squares are empty. Schools empty. Restaurants empty. All very quiet. Trapped inside our own homes. Stuck with our thoughts. Our anxieties. News blasting loud. Fear and blood by the bucketful. Please, make it quiet. Washing our hands. Humming to ourselves to count the seconds.... Continue Reading →
Dark clouds loom overhead. Sheets of rain fall to the Earth. The dry soil drinks up the water. Slowly the temperature warms. White snow becomes dark brown soil and then to green growth. The sun breaks through the clouds and shows off the beauty. Flowers will grow from last winter's death. Beauty is just the... Continue Reading →
March Forth. Seize the Day. Make the World a Better Place. We Fight Together. Header Photo Credit to Albert Einstein College of Medicine http://blogs.einstein.yu.edu/an-m-d-student-reflects-on-the-power-of-helping-others/
Tapping on the glass. Can everyone here my message? Tap tap tap. Tapping out a code. Help me. Save me. Unable to escape. Tapping tapping tapping. The only one keeping me company is my reflection. Jealous they are on the outside looking in. Tap tap tap. Header Photo Credit to Arts University Bournemouth http://way.aub.ac.uk/entry/alia-hamaoui/
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