We mourn.

Note: I haven’t posted here since my dad died. Much has changed since then. Now the world has COVID 19. Pandemics are suffered in human terms, but sadly this one is being addressed in partisan, sensationalist terms. This is causing great deal of unnecessary human suffering. I’m going to write about that little bit.

We mourn.

We of the white coats.

We of the blue scrubs.

We the doers of no harm.

We of the Red Cross.

We mourn.

We mourn the world we thought we built with you.

The compassionate, rational world.

We fear.

For our patients.

For our colleagues.

For our communities.

For our humanity.

We fear.

We fear this willful ignorance,

far more than any virus.

We wait.

For the return of safety.

For the return of sanity.

For the return of rest.

For the return of victory.

We wait.

We wait for the the well-being

of our fellow humans to be a priority again.