A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - P

 

wandering through this world

there is a tendency in me

to shy away from people

for whatever reason

insecurity, introversion

overload

and reinforced by pandemic

I avoid those disease carriers (!)

but I have come to see

that I am a people

and we are pretty wonderful

in our ability to touch

and smile

to breathe each other’s sorrow

without that

we are numb

and void of grace

6/10/21