Learning to cope
Learning to Communicate
Against ears that see no lips
Putting a name to a face
Like an it support technician
A large lot of us
Afraid, overwhelmed, unable to handle tech
Yelling at keyboards, and flickering screens
We have learnt to say 'pardon me' , in nicer tones
A touch further genuinely
Hoping to grasp what others say
For the first time we have become better listeners
A few of us have learnt to sing
A few of us have learnt to dance
So of us have learnt to hog
Some of us have learnt to accept family
The criminals are out there
Having fun out doors
While the caring ones are staying home
A chunk of the caregivers have died
While a chunk of them are exhausted yet caring
Some of us have become monsters
Spreading death, maiming others
While a few have stolen daily wages of poor
The essential workers have died of hunger
The politicians are rejoicing, rolling in money
No one has cared for people then
No one is bothered even now
The black plague killed many a 100 years ago
They became better humans
But as with humans
We have become bitter again
Humanity learning the new norm
Is a faux pas
Humanity cannot ever learn
Is a fixed constant.
