The Other Side of Life

I will probably regret doing this, but hey, we live in weird times, so why not. Singapore Poetry Writing Month is an annual event in April, when a prompt is released every day and people write poems. I have lots of worries in life, but it still seems like a good idea to write poems.  Starting today, I shall, hopefully, write 30 poems here. Today's prompt: The Crime Watch - Write a poem inspired by a criminal act as defined by laws of a country. Here's my submission. In most countries, social distancing is now the law. Hence, this poem! Love in the times of Social Distancing After a thousand nervous messages And another thousand venue changes, It was finally happening, as planned, The date that almost got canned. She sat down and nervously edged closer to him. Then laid her hand on his, on a whim. Alarm bells rang, not just metaphorically.  Beep beep, they rang actually! He                            and                                   she Continued their date, 2 metres apart

Annoying tragic comedy has happened.  I went to Japan for a week long holiday and ended up returning the day my company announced that people returning from Japan have to do a mandatory 14 day self-isolation. So here I am, at home, trying to not be distracted and failing so badly that even writing a post on my long lost blog seemed like a good idea. The thing with flexible work from home arrangements is, they work best when they are flexible and a choice. When mandated, it feels like a loss of agency and a forced move. It's like me telling you not think about a monkey. You are picturing a monkey now, aren't you? Not telling me to go to office is making me want to go to office.  Anyway, no one asked, but here's what my day looks like now: 8 am: Wake up and ponder over breakfast ideas, a meal that I never cared much for. I quickly Google for "interesting but easy to make breakfast items". Alas, one of the links leads me to Instagram. Scroll.