We are learning how fragile we are.
One day hopping a plane for a couple of weeks on a sunny beach,
A week later quarantined at home, realizing how deeply frightened we are.
We are learning how alike we are, us folks from America and Russia and Iran.
Us folks from New York City and from the Amazon Rainforest.
Us folks from Tromsø, Norway in the Arctic and from Fiji in the South Pacific.
Us folks from war zones and refugee camps and prisons and slums.
We are learning to look at a stranger on the street, two meters away as we pass,
And to give her—somebody’s grandmother— a small wave and a smile. Continue reading We Are Learning
