Turn of Events

ANDREA PEREZ

April 27, 2020

Trapped in a cage of our own making

Be it the Flu, SARS, Ebola or a new pandemic

It gives me an enormous headache

History repeats itself

We must have missed the memo

Warning signs End of Times

Prophesies and predications

From centuries of mystics

The year 2020

Equivalent to “perfect vision”

So optimistic 

Hindsight

Reflective

YET

Three months in

We sit at home in isolation

The entire world is finally listening

Only through social distancing

Social media is binding us together

Zoom, Facebook, Snap Chat and Instagram

Anxiety runs high 

Panic in the streets

Central park is dark

A pandemic that doesn’t discriminate 

Asymptomatic till it’s too late 

ANDREA PEREZ is a Corpus Christi native. She started writing in the Fall of 2019 after the tragic death of her dog Max to distract her from grief. She hopes to write a children’s book about Max soon.  She also enjoys yoga, meditation, and Reiki.