HAPPY NEW YEAR
The beginning was the same as always
Celebrations everywhere
Travelling, Meeting, Parties
Everything was usual, ordinary, monotonous
Nobody knew what was coming
Virus was only a distant news
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Humans were still the same
Travelling was still the same
Meetings happened everywhere
Yet
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Something was amiss....
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Something travelled
Was neither a human nor an animal
Something which became a worldwide nightmare
A virus
Name was different
More dangerous than saying Voldemort
People felt weird
A piece of cloth tied around their mouths
Stuck in their houses, under lockdown
The entire world was shutdown
Nothing moved
Yet something moved
A thing which changed the entire routine of the present human race
Not a single person spared
Hospitals were overflowing with patients
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Governments shook, people trembled
Is the world still the same?
Questions piling up
Asked by people who had no idea
Unsure answers by people who had no idea
Assumptions were at a raise, theories were laid down like roads, blame games all around
But no answers
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People gained time
People lost against time
People reconnected with their loved ones
People lost their loved ones
People found ways to earn
People lost their means to survive
Ironies everywhere
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Life became monotonous again
Same routine everyday at home
Yet, something was amiss
It was not like living
It was like surviving
A game without a final level
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The virus became known but still unknown
Something happened
Change was at a rise
Even before we knew about it
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People trying to get back to their normal lives
Online sessions, classes, offices
All the big rooms with tables and chairs turned into 20 inches' screens
The new normal? 🤔🤔🤔
You may say so
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The year ended
An year of survival for most of them
How did you pass by 2020?
We were in our homes
No clue about the dates or time
2020, were you even there?
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