Lament of the Damned

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. ~ Kahlil Gibran

The world doesn’t stop spinning

 

Not even during horrible events

 

Throughout this pandemic it seemed to spin faster

 

 

 

To survive one must adapt

 

How do you shut out the echoes of loss

 

That turn to screams in quiet moments

 

 

 

We are all feeling betrayed

 

Because its so difficult to think

 

When the world is spinning out of control

 

 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I love this straightforward statement of how things feel or have felt during the pandemic. Living alone in the wilderness, I have not had this experience, but I want to know how it feels. You do an intense job of getting that across, yet without drama. Your poem reminds me of when I was first unable to walk due to a neck injury & everything about life as I knew it disappeared. I've since built a satisfying alternative life in a wheelchair, but when it all was going south, your poem describes how I felt (((HUGS)))

[Zoe Richardson]

I sense a great deal of anxiety in this. It does seem, sometimes, like people have lost their ever-loving minds. You captured the sense of despair in a few words. Nicely done.

[MCS]

Hi Zoe, anxiety in spades I'm afraid to say. Thank you for the visit. Keep safe out there.

[Zoe Richardson]

I am not the least bit worried about the 'Vid or anything else. Safety is a myth. You do what you can with what you have, and let the rest go.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

You won me over with the quote from the great writer Kahlil Gibran. It is strange that in times of strife a society should be reflecting their best. We have failed to do so. Instead of civility and empathy towards one another we sow distrust and lies, as well as hatred. We are all part of this greater world yet fail to live up to its greater ideals. Nature has a way of unifying a species to its highest purpose or eradicating its existence. We should ponder upon these recent events with the seriousness they deserve. They are warnings to something worse on the horizon if we can't come together to resolve our differences.

[MCS]

Hello Carlos, thank you for your visits and I enjoy your viewpoint.

[Zoe Richardson]

Because humanity is not naturally altruistic. When you remove any moral imperative to put others first, and raise generations of children to think only of their own self-esteem and doing what they think is right, you end up with a society of jerks who wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire. But they would use their phones to video your immolation and post it on YouTube and TikTok.