Abstract
During Covid isolation a word, unwholesome pierced my heart’s dolesome beats lament lament lament
Beyond simple grief’s silent wail behind bitter sweet ruptures, betrayal after betrayal lament lament lament
Past plaintive isolation I plunged into plangent alienation lament lament lament
Fits of privation brought to mind access to a familiar family refrain to reawaken still a deeper isolation
How insane, this internal collapse
My hopeless independence, scorched self-alienation helplessly dependent on privation’s double subjugation
With each lament, I untangled Penelope’s shroud: boredom, fury, tedium, rage and vengeance
From finality’s aura, to reclaim golden threads of reality renewing a silver lining, our elusive inter-dependence
We made peace, reclaimed our individual agency, freedom simply to be, you and me
