Surise after a Dark Night is related to our current situation with the pandemic. I got the inspiration to write this one while trying to help my friend with their poem writing competition. In this poem, I tried presenting the emotions or situations of different POVs—as a student, a person losing their job, a frontliner, dealing with this situation. I understand how each of us struggle differently to cope with the pandemic. I hope it does not invalidate what or how you're feeling at the time being. Let's hope it all ends soon but right now, stay safe, stay healthy and wear your mask!
I know how it's like—
waking up
repeating every day
Just to sit and stare at the screen.
The voice of the educator
slowly fading out,
While their presence
slowly invading the space I live in.
But I wonder how it's like—
waking up everyday
as the sun shines in
Delivering hours of lessons
to younger beings.
Losing my breath
the more I speak.
Asking questions,
Just to be left with silence.
by those black blank screens.
I wonder how it's like—
crying over a job I lost
Worse,
being the sole breadwinner—
it's my only way
to make ends meet.
Would I be
masking up
the truth with lies
to not let down my family?
I wonder how it's like—
going out before the break of dawn,
working
to cover up mistakes
others bring in.
Even with my safety gears up
can't help wondering
if they're really enough
to shelter my family
from me.
Never thought that
through these pair of eyes,
I had to watch
double the figure
patients fight for their lives.
Who knows what else lurks
behind the storms.
But humans are what we're called,
We rise when we fall.
Connecting together
from within our walls.
The random smiles
at the streets.
New passions
discovered behind those doors.
Family members
waiting at home.
The sunrise always come
even in the darkest night.
Don't be afraid of the fall,
for
you
will rise stronger.
