Toilet paper has become
the new currency.
In hospital settings,
ventilators are treasured breathers.
Out in the street all over the world,
Masks are all the rage. Protection against the beast that has come to consume us.
Normally only seen in health care settings, these coveted mouth barriers
have become a sort of fashion statement “In the Times of Corona”.
Masks are indeed a sign of the times.
We like to believe that when we hide our facade, the dark one will not reach us.
A fallacy. This voracious virus is the great equalizer.
It seeks the rich, poor, the homeless and the housed.
It spreads across cultures, communities and countries.
Mask or no mask (though it does offer some protection).
Ironically, this truly is a time to take off our “masks”
and show the world our inner side which we normally hide.
A time to remove the barriers
that keep us so separated.
To reach out and connect as a collective humanity.
It is a time of unmasking
of the connected souls we truly all are.
In the “Times of Normal”, which has surely passed,
we were already in self-isolation
with our busy lives and perhaps our attitude that we do not need others,
nor to help others.
Now is a new path forward
towards a more relatable way,
where we are not “self”, or "Us", but “we”.
Mask Mania 2020
should propel us forward to a more enlightening time
Of unmasking.
Exposing our fragile souls
And opening up our hearts and minds
to a magic contagion
of love, compassion, empathy, community and oneness.
We are all in this social spacing together.
Still, we can still "unmask"
for a better future and deeper connections across time and all lines;
And to defeat the virus of division,
which has plagued us for too long.
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