by Elizabeth Cunningham
now we are entering the age of Zoom
keeping our distance, we come face to face
and lighten our sense of impending doom
many locations, we’re all in one room
though we miss the times when we could embrace
for now, we’re welcoming the age of Zoom
outside birds nest, trees bud, and flowers bloom
humans on pause, we must slacken our pace
and lighten our sense of impending doom
to cover fear we tend to fret and fume
who’s hoarding toilet paper by the case?
and no! not another meeting on Zoom
what relief to sweep the floor with a broom
some things technology cannot replace
simple tasks can relieve the sense of doom
though each day more dire headlines loom
necessity and pressure may yield grace
we can laugh and commiserate on Zoom
and lighten our sense of impending doom
Elizabeth Cunningham is best known as the author of The Maeve Chronicles, a series of award-winning novels featuring a feisty Celtic Magdalen. She lives in New York State’s Hudson Valley.