Saturday, March 27, 2021

One Day At A Time

Today.

I put on jeans,

I took them off. 

I put on different jeans,

I took those off. 

Leggings again.

First time in a year,

I entered a store.

One.

Day.

At.

A.

Time. 

What took so long?

Covid;

Depression;

Anxiety.

All of the above.

I think I'm back.



3 comments:

  1. Those first steps of re-entering the world feel so strange after all this time. I like the way your poem slowed down each normally mundane action to show how important this moment really was. I look forward to the slow return to something resembling normal, but as a parent of young kids who won't be vaccinated annnnnnytime soon, those days still feel very far away to me. Good for you!

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  2. Leggings for the win! The structure of your poem shows us the effort that each step took. I'm glad you're back.

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