You're an extrovert
so I get why you asked me
if I mind at all
the quarantine/pandemic.
Being that I'm an empath.

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Not that I'm not scared
but being an introvert
my space is not jail
but it's a sanctuary
even during quarantine

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I was feeling like
I needed a change in life.
Now everything's changed,
as though from out of the blue,
not just for me, but for you.

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Still I like to sit
at this screen after bedtime,
this is one constant
amidst all of the changes
here I am again, hello

I know it’s poison
But I get angry inside
Need to pound some clay.
With thanks to Mister Rogers
And to those who challenge me.

118

Apparently it
Takes two weeks to make the mold
of a person’s ear
So said the doctor to a
patient, in the waiting room.

Mauve is the color
Taste and texture halava
It's a straining time
Purple and pink diluted
Peculiar flavor and feel

Today, running late
One thing after another
Kept following me
And I felt off of my game
Which didn’t feel like a game.

Not much evidence
that people read my long shares
- that I should share them.
And yet somehow I choose to,
in my fight with loneliness.

114

Seems it's just one thing
one story we tell ourselves
one issue we have
one weakness that weakens us
one strength that can save the day