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2020. Everything has changed. The earth has been forced to be silent. where I once found peace in seclusion, I now am forced to share it with the rest of the world.
Self isolation was my choice. Before the panic. Before the fear. Before corona. Two years ago,
It was a choice.
Having to now isolate with others, was not.
Friday nights consisted of no more then a bottle of red, a book, a cushion and my imagination; I can now hear the commotion of life I’ve tried so hard to avoid in the apartment next door; across the way below, in the backyard of the neighbours. The din drowns the silence I’m so accustomed to.
I don’t hate people. I don’t hate socialising.
I hate the effect it had on me.
I chose to be alone, because I was a better person for it.
It is not temptation I’m hiding from, it’s the person I became when I wasn’t hiding.
Everything has changed.
And unintentionally because of the scenarios of 2020, so must I.
C.
Self isolation was my choice. Before the panic. Before the fear. Before corona. Two years ago,
It was a choice.
Having to now isolate with others, was not.
Friday nights consisted of no more then a bottle of red, a book, a cushion and my imagination; I can now hear the commotion of life I’ve tried so hard to avoid in the apartment next door; across the way below, in the backyard of the neighbours. The din drowns the silence I’m so accustomed to.
I don’t hate people. I don’t hate socialising.
I hate the effect it had on me.
I chose to be alone, because I was a better person for it.
It is not temptation I’m hiding from, it’s the person I became when I wasn’t hiding.
Everything has changed.
And unintentionally because of the scenarios of 2020, so must I.
C.