YESTERDAY
We ate in a restaurant
At a table
The room crowded with people
Yes, we were able
Today it is illegal
We cannot freely gather
In groups of more than ten
Last week we could
But that was then
Daily changes
In disaster mode
The Church building closed
We gather now in the online abode
The beach is off limits too
What will we do
Seclusion is our medicine
No exceptions
Well, maybe friends
We went to the grocery store
With empty shelves
Now a difficult chore
You would think that a war
Has come to our shore
Our beautiful land
Well, maybe it has
And it’s out of hand
Yesterday may just be
A thing of the past
A memory
A beat in time
The Covid-19 paradigm
But I choose to cope
Holding on
To HOPE
Laurie A. Stasi
3/23/2020
Everyday Sonnets 