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Puja Bhakoo

Inspirational

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Puja Bhakoo

Inspirational

This Too Shall Pass

This Too Shall Pass

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Our forefathers 

Lived in caves 

Without electricity

Or running water

Susceptible each day

To tribal warfare, 

Manslaughter


Wandering in 

The woods, vulnerable 

To predation

Facing every day 

Some emergency 

Situation 


Disaster, since the 

Big bang, has been 

An unheeding 

Occurrence

Nature’s reminder 

To realign 

Our priorities 

And preference


From tsunamis 

To pandemics to 

Environmental stress

The threats we 

Face as a species 

Are countless


Catastrophes will come 

And catastrophes will go 

But the human spirit 

Has always thrived

The human spirit will 

Always endure


Today there is a disease, 

Downturn, isolation

Compounded by 

Insecurity, fear

And frustration 


But ensconced in 

In our homes, we share tips 

On health/medication

Drawing strength from 

One another through 

Hope and motivation 


With our DNAs 

Fortified by the power 

To reason, to think

We are less fragile than 

We sometimes 

Mistakenly think


Needing surprisingly 

Little in our lives 

To get by

We may fall to 

The ground 

But can still touch 

The sky


The battle seems long,

Difficulties long drawn

But even the longest, 

Blackest nights 

Unfold into a bright 

New dawn


Pain is a university 

We’ll graduate wiser 

From this class 

Till then let’s be 

Each other’s strength 

And remember 

This Too Shall Pass.


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