Keep Going

JOANNA NELLIE NAVARRO

April 7, 2020

In my head it’s always chaos,

but these days have made it known

the brain

is 

going

and 

going…

I’m an avid sufferer of hypochondria,

but today…today it seems so much 

more.

There’s more truth in that voice telling me,

you might be next.

It’s the death toll rising,

the emptiness of the shelves.  

People believing invincibility

is causing a lot of uncertainty. 

Why isn’t anyone listening? 

Am I the only one who hears that voice?  

The continuous anxiety causing fires

through my head and stress that doesn’t

let me rest?

Is it too early to say

that maybe we will…

NEVERMIND.

I’ve forgotten

it does this to me,

the uncertainty of today.

JOANNA NELLIE NAVARRO is an 8th grade Special Education Teacher/ Dept Head for the Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District.  She holds a Master’s Degree from SNHU in Curriculum and Instruction, as well as her Principal Certification from Lamar University.  She lives in Pharr, TX with her husband and two dogs.