Impact Statement

You asked me if I was frightened 

I answered yes,

I’m unnerved by the absence of normal,

even the wayward, the brave, the reckless

understand normal,

otherwise how could they become rebels

I’m anxious 

about the lack of experts,

real experts in this sort of thing, but

nothing’s happened like this before

a real-life disaster movie scenario,

it might as well be an alien invasion

ergo experts are thin on the ground.

Me, I’ve always needed a plan, a route

clearly defined and mapped out

something to keep returning to,

a beacon is good, a destination better

of course, I find this god-forsaken mess

a worry,

don’t you?

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© Graham Sherwood 03/2020