Plague – Inspirational
POETRY FORMAT, INSPIRATIONAL, 23 Mar 2020
Kitty O'Meara - TRANSCEND Media Service
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and grew gardens full of fresh food, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
“And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
“And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.”
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A retired teacher, Kitty O’Meara, from the city of Madison, in Wisconsin, turned to writing in an effort to curb her own anxiety amid the nerve-wracking news of the COVID-19 pandemic. The result, which she posted to her personal Facebook, has been widely read across the world offering hope that something good can come out of this collective state of “together, apart.”
Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, Inspirational, Poetry
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Beautiful!
Thank you, Antonio!
You are very welcome dear Naresh. I felt deeply inspired by it–as I remain quarantined in my house. Our friend Maung Zarni sent it to me.
Take care.
Antonio