I will never forget
That year when humanity
Paused from being busy
Like it had rarely done yet
When a shift in consciousness
Prompted us to realize with humbleness
That what we were calling success
In fact didn’t always rhyme with happiness
When human doings
Became human beings
When many realized that what had been taken for granted
Was in fact never guaranteed
When many become grateful
For life’s little pleasures
When they become thankful
For the simplest leisure
When everything on planet earth
Stopped, from cars and planes to trains
When that year become a rebirth
Despite all the scars and all the pains
When a hug and kiss turned into weapon
Whilst distanciation
And abstaining from visiting
Our loved ones became caring
When no motion led to lower pollution
When appreciation took over expectation
When love and kindness and connection
Became a long-lost renewed obsession
When stillness
Replaced busyness
When there was an overall slow down
During an unprecedented lock down
And not being in a hurry
Turned out to be a luxury
When men were redefined
Whilst being confined
When the support of our community
Was the cure to anxiety
When in the face of such uncertainty
We opened our eyes
That living in the future fails miserably
And that the present is our only prize
When we came to term with our mortality
And remembered that life beauty
Comes precisely from its fragility
And that being healthy
Is worth so much more than being wealthy
When the absence of our friends and family
Left us feeling terribly empty
Despite being connected through technology
As well as spiritually
When our little planet
Became a fearful magnet
When resiliency
Became the ultimate mastery
When true bliss
Turned out to be inner peace
When for a lot of us life re-evaluation
Emerged from such a dramatic situation
