I wonder about the people who are desperate enough to enter a crowded room
while our governments are telling us not to leave our houses.
Do they need food?
A job too crucial to risk losing?
Is it something that makes our world work the way it does?
Are you the silent cogs that keep this clock turning?
We see pictures online,
on TV,
one woman
head bent, mask surrounding her mouth,
walking quickly across the deserted city.
I don't think she has time to stop and see how beautiful it is,
the silence,
the empty places always filled by bodies.
If it weren't a health concern, I would love to see the world this way
like a movie set,
like you could lean against a wall too hard
and the whole thing would come toppling down.
Are these people like that?
Only thinking of themselves
but not of their health, or the rest of the world?
I don't think so.
I hope they stay safe.
But I want to say thank you to them if it's a necessity to leave the safety of home
to make the world work
or to take care of loved ones
or to take care of themselves.
Thank you.