Suffering from Group Related Mentality
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
Counting blessing that still able to stand relatively tall
And have gainful employment while so many don't
Praying that this version of current events was a bizarre nightmare
Not real life personified by fear and people wearing masks
Avoiding you as if you were radioactive instead of a normal person
Wondered when kindness gave way to caution and paranoia
Almost a bad conspiracy theory plot with a very high body count
Subject matter gravely serious; wondered when a solution would be found
Luckier than most, but still feeling the effects of world events
Sacrificed human interaction for the sake of health and public caution
Isolated in a 1200 square foot privately owned paradise
Ended up being a double edged sword when cabin fever struck
Unable to distinguish when work ended and home time began
Everything blurred together so much that two seem inseparable
Not sure if that's a good thing or a disaster waiting to happen
Trying to maintain a level of positivity when left series of over reflection
Focusing on a past meant to stay under lock and key
Turning to random funny cat videos and concert flicks to fight silence
Turned to walking around the once bustling lake for a shot of nature
Only to miss seeing the smiling faces of children running around playing
Wondered if this was the new permanent normal or if it would return
To the way things were before the illness, death and panic took over
Avoided watching the news channels and the online articles
Unavailable to choke down private bouts of anxiety and panic
Teeth clenched in intense bouts of dark dreams
Doesn't help with a sudden rise popularity for pandemic films
Especially when accuracy became more and transparent
Unable to admit when not feeling your best for fear
Of people coming to the wrong conclusion
Threatening to shove thermometers down your throat
Needing a lot of TLC and classic sitcoms to soothe savage nerves
Doesn't help when world's leading experts cannot seem to agree
One day the consensus is one thing; tomorrow the exact opposite
Enough to turn anyone into a cross between Einstein and Don King
Needed to find a reason to have a good laugh and not play attention
To what has been lost or is missing in action at the moment
Choosing to center on what's good and hope that things will get better
Sooner rather than later.