Covid Anxieties

Love conquers all, even through our most trying fears.

Covid Anxieties

Fearful eyes sought peace

Looking to me

As if I could render her unconscious

And make her all better

Answers to her muffled questions,

I had not one

But I clung to her fearful thoughts

as they gushed from lips I imagined perfect

Seeping through her fabric vail

Her fears trickled from the fibers

Common ground was determined

She was a replica

A mirror image

of my own insecurities

She and I shared the same anxieties in these troubled times

I listened with my eyes,

Took pictures with lenses of my soul,

Downloaded,

Saved as,

Archived the original

on the hard drive of my heart

Her tachycardia amplified when my ears began to focus

Lub-dub, Lub-dub,

Lub-dub, Lub-dub,

Hard rhythmic beats echoed from the chambers of her life force

Giving birth to familiar music

Her teary, blue gaze struck me

She was a bolt of lightning stretching across

my own unsettled, gray sky

I could only listen, 

Advise,

Prescribe,

Even make an obvious diagnosis

But I could not help her with meaningless

"it's gonna get betters, it's gonna be fines"

I could only say, "you know, I feel exactly the same"

Our eyes locked in this beautiful moment,

We studied each other between long blinks

I removed my foggy glasses

To see with naked eyes what I could feel,

Even through the PPE

Fate brought her to me

I am pretty sure she feels the same

Our fears,

Our personal beliefs,

Our love and concern for all humanity

connected us like electricity

I felt as though we shared our first date,

Our first waltz,

Our first kiss,'

Our first intimate moment without even touching

Her telling eyes liked me,

She loved me

I could taste her feelings of affection

through my own moist mask

Her unique name shall remain private,

As to not violate professional code

But her Mona Lisa Portrait hangs safe and sound

where only I can view and admire at will

She left me the impression

She would try focusing on happy thoughts

To remember to deep breathe using her petite diaphragm

She promised to take her medication, exactly, as prescribed

And she promised to call me should panic suddenly overwhelm her

I gave her my personal phone number

She saved it on her phone

And she quickly sent me a cute, happy face emoji text

so that I could save her number as well

Which, by the way, is now my new screen saver

You know, I learned from this wonderful experience,

This meant to be encounter

I learned while in the middle of a viral crisis

Love, the name brand prescription, 

Not the generic,

will always be the most healing medicine

in these uncertain times

Especially, when two total strangers fall in love

during a thirty minute appointment