It started out such a lovely day
Sunny skies, puffy white clouds,
people going about their daily
business
to work, to play, to school.
And then without warning,
everything changed.
Quietly, without any fanfare
the world blotted out
by a blanket of falling snow
the horizon suddenly hidden.
Did we miss the forecast?
“Sunny skies, light clouds,
whited out by sudden squalls.
It’s messy out there. Stay home.”
Did we miss the forecast
when the world shifted gears?
“Life as you know it is cancelled
schools closed; stores boarded up.
Don’t stockpile. Work from home.
Wear a mask, cough into your
sleeve.
Wash your hands. Stay home.”
The forecast seems quite gloomy,
the future lost from sight
behind shifting, blanketing fog.
But the speed of change is
constant
nothing ever stays the same.
Tomorrow will bring something new.
Tomorrow may bring rainbows into
view.
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