COVID
(for my sister)
Do you remember
what it was like
Before?
It’s OK
If you
don’t;
you were only
six, I, nine
I can remember.
Can you tell
me
what it was like
Before?
To be able to hug
and shake hands
Without Hesitation?
to not worry about
Your
Family members
dying?
You might not
but I do
So when you ask
What was it like
Before?
I’ll tell you
About the flowers
and trees
Not about the sad things
Because the Before is gone
And while we hold onto memories
We need to learn to let go, too