Dear Editor:
My thoughts on COVID-19.
Living right now is strange.
Just a few short months ago
We celebrated a New Year.
Hopes and dreams of what 2020 would bring
A new DECADE of new experiences.
Never could we imagine our current reality.
Social isolation is the norm,
Social distancing is required,
Only leave your home for necessities,
No coffee visits, no play dates.
This virus is a beast that has wreaked havoc in our lives,
We need to tame the beast.
We need to fight this beast.
Protect the weak so we can all come out strong.
We are in this together.
The world and communities unite,
People are showing extreme kindness,
People are showing fear and panic,
People are showing their best selves,
And people are showing their worst selves.
Parents are worried,
Parents are stressed.
What about the children?
What about education?
What about work?
Schools are closed for two weeks
But we know this will be much longer.
So much unknown,
So little answers.
Government urges travelers to come home now,
Cut your vacation short,
Come home and stay home.
Stay home and isolate for fourteen days .
We are used to getting what we want, when we want it,
An entitled generation,
Now we have rules about our social life, our vacation.
How can this be?
COVID-19 is a dirty word,
It feels like a plague,
Global pandemic.
Can this be true?
Are we living in a dream?
Brenda Suzanne De Vries,
Guelph