An open letter

You are on my mind night and day.

Obsessive of your presence one way or another.

Thoughts keep reverting to you in sickness or in health.

In joy or in pain, in happiness or in sadness.

In company or when alone.

Don't want to lose you, ever.

Dear HOPE, 

Not just I but we all need you, want you.

Do make your presence felt, 

Whether in the form of a little vial or 

The immunity developing in our bodies.

Do stay with us forever, never abandon us.

Drench us in the sunshine of positivity.

Give us the courage to feel for others.

The strength to be selfless and empathetic.

Let us transition smoothly from one year to another,

Happily.

Please let us all have a very Healthy new year.

Regards, 

Us.

Farewell

Once again it's that time of the year, 

when you wonder amidst the festivities,

how the year just passed us by.

Creating global history, 

slithering away with precious souls of loved ones,

adding some priceless lives to give the much needed hope.

Knots of some relationships loosened, 

bonds of some strengthened,

some friendships lost and forgotten in the haze of neglect.

Dreams shattering into countless pieces, 

hope sinking like a drowning wreckage,

hunger, abuse, racism lifting its head to the surface.

But life goes on, we the ones, survived to say goodbye, 

we can hold on a little bit longer,

only if we  see ourselves in others.

Protect and preserve humanity,

rise up to the occasion,

live and let live.

Farewell to the year that taught us,

nothing is more important than health,

happiness, family & friends.