Love in the Time of Corona

doesn't always make sense    
despite random acts of kindness      
dispelling the loneliness        
of an isolated existence—      
     
or social distancing      
maintaining a lifeline        
of virtual connection—      
     
it's War of the Worlds—      
when a global community   
actually stands together      
     
against a predator        
who knows no race nor color—      
only vulnerability and age        
     
They say the Universe      
works in mysterious ways—      
hopefully humankind won't forget      
this united camaraderie      
     
and, perhaps, just maybe. . .      
that is its purpose to begin with—      
or so I choose to believe        
     
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