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It's A Fair World!
It's A Fair World!
“What plans for the weekend?”
“I simply want to have some me-time.
Locked away from the world.
Locked in my room with books and coffee.”
As I spend day after day
Watching my clock gift me bonus hours of me-time
Reading about cities and countries go into lockdown
Listening to the silent songs of the streets
I wonder if one should be careful with wishes.
As I walk around my room
Pasting to-do lists everywhere
Scattering half-read books all around
Crumpling papers and aborting poems
I wonder about families
That live in houses smaller than my rooms.
As I walk around the supermarket
Adding in products from every shelf
Throwing in new sauces for cooking experiments
Letting in sanitizers of all kinds
I wond
er about houses
That cannot afford more than a bar of soap for an entire month.
How do beggars isolate themselves?
How do cab drivers work from home?
How do members of a drought-hit village
Wash their hands 5 times a day?
How do houses without handkerchiefs
Purchase protective masks?
As I spend day after day
Holed up in my house like during a holiday vacation
I understand that ‘work from home’ is a privilege
I understand that ‘hand washes’ are a privilege
I understand that ‘social distancing’ is a privilege.
Be it a political challenge – war
Be it an economic challenge – recession
Be it a natural challenge – earthquake
Be it a medical challenge – virus
The ones who have nothing to lose
Always end up losing the most.
It’s a fair world indeed.
