Coping in bizarre times
It’s a wave…that rises high and crashes low
Day after day…every single day
The high of gratitude, because
Everyone I love is healthy,
For the roof over my head,
For the food that’s on my table.
But day after day, everyday, comes the inevitable low
What are we doing here?
What are we hiding from?
Statistics?!
Our bodies, minds and soul flooded
with adrenaline guiding our fight or flight response
The job of which is to combat fear
But…Where is it?
Where is the fear, of which there is no tangible sense?
What is my adrenaline pumping for?
Something I’ve heard of but cannot see nor feel
And then there’s the guilt…
Nature is a great equalizer…but is it?
The crisis maybe the same, but equal we are not
Are we emotionally equipped to shoulder the weight of borrowed emotions?
the additional burden of our empathy in overdrive?
Even though things are hopelessly and helplessly beyond our control?
And so, I allow myself to take my moment
Observe it all come and go
Witness as the highs chase the lows
Allow myself to simply feel
And then again, the ferris wheel of emotions lifts upwards
Then again comes the relief and the gratitude
At lease I’m safe. I have a house. I have food.
I have no right to complain.
Better than so many!
So I proceed to do my job again
Absorbing the energies of those around me, adding positivity of my own
Bigger, brighter smiles to keep spirits high…
That is my job, after all, to make my home a welcome haven
To find us our new normal
Looking out for the ones I love
And the ones that I can reach out to
Living in the moment and this moment alone,
Combating anxiety with humour and humanity as I go
Keeping yourself happy…
Is such tricky business. Who knew?!
And so it carries on…
High and low
Up and down
Day after day
Every single day
With no answers, no respite in sight
And that’s ok…Everything you feel is ok!
Nobody knows better, is wiser, or can tell you otherwise!
Sunset Effect - Nitya Satyani 