Lawanya Wijesekara
Is it the return of
The Black Death?
A new holocaust? A cleanse?
We are making history these days
Living the sci-fi novels of yesterday
And I think of all the holocaust movies
where the rations were limited
Housebound with coupons
Shows cancelled, parties and markets down
Empty streets, empty malls and empty wedding halls
Staying home, knitting, reading, chatting
Will be the safest and the trendiest thing to do
Like the old days, when the options were few
When one powerhouse falls to the ground
Another will rise from the realms unknown
A new equilibrium must reign
Indulgence and consumerism questioned
Necessity, Need and Greed defined
Rethink self-sufficiency and homegrown things
A fever and a cough may really open our eyes to life
Change is constant, the climate will change
Don’t you think if not for that
we would have been stuck in the Ice Age??
This won’t be the end… there never will be
Life will continue even in unimaginable ways
