https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59418127
Suddenly
Our twinkling lights are blurring
Fading, focus lost just beyond our reach
We lurch upwards in isolation
chaotic
Christmas carousel-ling
towards an unknown almost-peak
Rapidly
Our smile-kissed gatherings are frozen
Clouding, friend-drenched normals drop away
We insta-check current cancellations
Edging
further backwards
Towards a testing Christmas day
Uncertainly
Our wings, once free, are folding
Processing, boosting, micro-chipping hesitance
We examine heavily weighted decisions
Omni-hysteria
gathering-surrounded
Towards a masked due-diligence
Alison McIntosh 21st December 2021
Contemporary Poetry: A Snapshot in Time 