maybe it’s natures way of telling us

to slow down to reset a bit to take stock, 

to turn inward and then outward 

in kindness and support

 

maybe I’m just saying it’s a good thing 

in the long run, a reassessment of sorts.

 

weeks ago who would have imagined 

an ethical Tory, clear skies over Beijing 

who could’ve have foreseen the sacrifice 

we are to make for the whole.

 

bear with me but maybe, it is the end 

of neoliberalism the vanity of the individual

when we can finally see that it’s not 

the things we owe that define us

but the company we keep.

 

in solitude and vacant streets

imagine all the insecurities of our age

in retreat.

 

don’t mind me I’m ruminating on what 

might be, blue sky thinking, utopian dreaming 

I see your point, but I’m holding out for hope, 

of what could be, maybe.