Unprecedented Times: Bards in Lockdown
Archipelago
When we’ve said “No one is an island.”
We were never thinking of
The tyranny of such necessity
Or our sturdy tools of fear and love.
From the mainland of everything we know
We set sail on uncertain tides
And crudely fashion our archipelago.
Navigate through hyperbole and lies.
As we each face our own battles
We toss messages far out to sea,
To reach distant friends and strangers
To buoy them in their time of need.
I miss the floorboard creak of waterholes,
I miss each loving embrace.
I miss intrepid encounters,
Each fearless face-to-face.
Do not shame the salty tears,
Do not shame the rage,
Of human irrationality
Protesting its sudden cage.
Do not shame the sullen grief
For the life that we once knew
Do not shame the disbelief
In what you know to be true.
Do not shame the desperate prayers
Or those who shun the news,
There is no blueprint to surviving this.
We’re all just muddling through
Take care of each other
Be still, be wise, be kind.
With the right tools and our ingenuity,
We can adapt to survive.
When we’ve said “No one is an island.”
We were never thinking of
The tyranny of such necessity
Or our sturdy tools of fear and love.
From the mainland of everything we know
We set sail on uncertain tides
And crudely fashion our archipelago.
Navigate through hyperbole and lies.
As we each face our own battles
We toss messages far out to sea,
To reach distant friends and strangers
To buoy them in their time of need.
I miss the floorboard creak of waterholes,
I miss each loving embrace.
I miss intrepid encounters,
Each fearless face-to-face.
Do not shame the salty tears,
Do not shame the rage,
Of human irrationality
Protesting its sudden cage.
Do not shame the sullen grief
For the life that we once knew
Do not shame the disbelief
In what you know to be true.
Do not shame the desperate prayers
Or those who shun the news,
There is no blueprint to surviving this.
We’re all just muddling through
Take care of each other
Be still, be wise, be kind.
With the right tools and our ingenuity,
We can adapt to survive.
Danni Antagonist – 2nd Bard of Stony Stratford