Pacing

CHAD KNESEK

March 19, 2020

Walk to the living room.

I miss my students.

Walk to the kitchen.

Have they eaten today?

Walk to the window.

Are they safe?

Stare at the empty streets.

Are they scared?

Walk to the bedroom.

Do they know how much I miss them?

Walk to the kitchen.

Do they know how much I love them?

Never ending news cycle.

Every channel.

Grocery store chaos.

Do people have what they need?

Restaurants closed.

How will they survive this?

Market closes down.

Does this spell ruin for so many?

Walk to the living room.

I miss my students.

“Alexa, tell me some good news!”

She sighs, “You’re worried about others instead of yourself.”

CHAD KNESEK is an elementary music teacher in Houston, Texas. He is currently working towards his PhD. in Curriculum & Instruction at Texas Tech University specializing in Language, Diversity, and Literacy.