Nothing is new or normal since COVID.<\/p>\n
Now we walk closer, start to shed<\/p>\n
the masks that hid our smiles or smirks.<\/p>\n
Nothing is new or normal since 2020.<\/p>\n
Everything has gone haywire –<\/p>\n
people hating and hurting – hurling insults<\/p>\n
into the atmosphere.\u00a0 Now we walk closer<\/p>\n
but we are farther apart than ever before.<\/p>\n
And for what good reasons?<\/p>\n
Inflation?\u00a0 Poverty?\u00a0 Climate changes?\u00a0 Unemployment?<\/p>\n
Nothing is new or normal since right now.<\/p>\n
We whirl like the wind, flitter and flutter in anger<\/p>\n
or bliss – the choice must be made.<\/p>\n
It is harder now, harder than ever to feel secure.<\/p>\n
To feel safe and sure of the new normal,<\/p>\n
which changes like a kaleidoscope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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