Tell us about 2020

It was something like March 129th 

When I was in my late twenties 

And working even later nights 

All the conversations were about

This new plague, it was all the rage

We kept trying to compare it to

Something we had weathered before

But while many were forced apart 

We were truly together! in the fact

That all of us were utterly clueless

A forced, partial pause button 

Open Task Manager, hit End Task

The messiest yet simplest way

To walk away and take a breath

Nothing truly set in stone, nothing

Too late to cancel, non-non-refundable 

The freeways were empty, sky clear 

I built a cathedral from wood pieces

Children had their parents home

Anxiety, when shared, feels lighter 

I danced in my bedroom and wrote poetry 

Learned French and felt guilty at how 

Albeit briefly, I fell hard for the new abnormal 

So quickly kissed the world we had goodbye.