Love in a Time of Sepia April 2020
A Series of Vignettes during COVID-19
I
I am in a bubble.
And you?
Socially distanced?
No. My beloved.
My heart aches.
II
Greed breeds
mountains of desire;
the curve of love is
steady, generous,
attends only the needs
of today’s pocket.
III
Last week, crowds alive, such noise!
Now space
dissolves the heart,
takeaway air
serves an uneasy menu.
IV
A stranger’s list found in my shopping trolley!
Each letter elegant,
bold and poised, a fact.
I hope no item
was forgotten;
Love’s hand holding.
V
Our world shakes,
uncertain, fleeting.
The Spirit, timeless, steady, calm,
moving us into new inwardness;
a new now.
VI
So much crashing down. Emptiness.
What is real?
This light, this space,
this Spirit of Life
who leads us on.
VII
Streetscape changed, unfamiliar signs.
These roads hasten
new directions,
but am I travelling
in circles?
VIII
One day the world
skidded stop-still
and the little shop
stuck fast that point;
it’s merchandise
a receding backdrop.
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