Monday, 18 May 2020

Transparency



What is 
The future
of
First dates
In 
A world
Imposing 
Lockdowns?

I
Suppose
The question
of
Whether to 
Hold hands
or 
The 
Perhaps 
Nervous anticipation
Of
That first kiss
Have
New world
Resolution

"Well..
Actually..
No..
There 
Will be
None 
Of that!!"

If anyone
Questions 
Such things
Does 
Anyone
Question such things?

Or 
Will the 
Prospective
Suitors
Stare 
Longingly
Or 
With bewilderment
Through
The Plexi-glass 
Barrier
Like
Visiting day
At the 
Penitentiary

"see" you
Yet 
You are 
Out of 
Reach
To me...
Though
Transparent
The
Looking glass
It forbade's   
Even 
The faintest
Acquaintance 

Wait 
Just a moment 
Now
That mask
That 
Barrier
Oh so 
Familiar 

To 
Be sure
Until 
Now
They were
Rendered
Invisible

Can 
Something 
That will 
Remain
"Unseen"
Regardless 
Of 
The extent
It doest 
Claim residence
Be 
Held
Responsible
For 
The plight
Of
The plentitude?

Or 
Has it 
Merely
Done 
A magnanimous 
Favour
So 
The invisible
Has become
The visible
Allowing
So 
Many
To see
Themselves
Stripped
Bare
Of 
Mask & shield

Left 
To face
The naked
Truth
Of 
Themselves
And
The world
They've
Created

What 
Then 
Remains?

Please
Will 
You
Grant 
That 
I may 
Begin again?

Allow 
Me 
To
Introduce myself


R. O'Neill (May 18, 2020)




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