Saturday, August 8, 2020

change washes over us


the Zoom world


the Zoom world makes us all as if on the Spectrum:

the social cues of meeting the others’ eyes,

of nodding when in agreement,

of searching the faces before us

for how they’re reacting,

what they’re feeling

easy to deny,


when I have an hour or two meeting before me,

I have felt the temptation to get e mail done,

to maybe even read a book while nothing much might be going on,

how tempting a video game must be to our kids,


all of us are challenged

by how differently the world now washes over us,

the better angels within me

know that we an speak in these new languages,

we just have to realize the universality

within who we are,

within our dreams, our hopes, our fears,


and dare to move forward and trust 

that tomorrow, and today, and yesterday,

are still connected,

and accessible to our hearts

and to the effort of our work.



by Henry H. Walker
August 7, ‘20

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