When was the last time we as humankind
Were in our collective grief so aligned?
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We all have grieved, we all have mourned
Individually, in clusters, we have borne
The weight of our grief alone, many times in the past
But there wasn’t a blanket of grief so vast
As to engulf each one of us in its fold
The pandemic has inflicted miseries untold
While some have lost more, others less
We all have incurred losses in the process
Of navigating through this pandemic
The loss of normalcy is a damage systemic
None of us has unscathed remained
We’re grappling with varying degrees of pain
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On our collective grief I reflect
With the audacity of hope I expect
This would be the bond that would unite
All of humankind, enable us to continue our fight
Through this crisis that appears endless
We shall heal through a collective spiritual process
When were we united in such solidarity with each other
As we are now, we shall find a way out of this crisis together
Passion...unbridled 