I am from masks and hand sanitizer
Lots of TikTok and food
From isolation and seclusion, missing friends and family
Amusement parks closed, movie theaters closed
Clothing stores closed,
From hairdressers closed to having long hair
Now open with restrictions
From sports cancelled to no fans at sporting events
From more family time to less friend time
From school in person to Zoom online
Temperature checks before going into doctors’ offices
Carrying hand sanitizer with you
From lots of time to sleep to messed-up sleep schedules
Having stronger bonds with friends coming over
To forgotten & broken bonds being all alone
I am from six-feet apart to traveling restrictions,
Being stuck in quarantine
From buying everything on Amazon to thinking I’ll save money
From high stress levels and bad mental/social health
From fewer people on the road to people speeding
for no apparent reason
I am from lots of screen time
To now being on screens all day
From no parades and celebrations
From thinking a meme that just says “The” with a gif of a man dancing is funny
because fresh entertainment is just that hard to come by
I'm from endless hours spent staring at the ceiling,
With nothing left to do
From watching every show/movie and every video known to man,
I am from the feeling of constant boredom
I am losing my sense of humor,
Laughing at almost anything now,
From being disinterested in everything and everyone
I am from seeing my friends everyday to now seeing them once a week
I am from Netflix and YouTube
To playing video games everyday
From spending more time by myself
I am from sleeping in until noon to becoming nocturnal,
From PopTarts and cereal every morning
I’m from loneliness, to missing my friends and family
Constantly being nagged by my family to leave my cave and go outside,
From doing puzzles and games 24/7
To living in a whole new house, with a lot of family teamwork
From my world being turned upside down with new renovations to make the house
more comfortable and suitable for my family
From taking care of my pets
To not doing anything but learning
I am from excessive worrying and endless fears and anxiety
I am from no birthday celebrations to birthday drive-by parades,
To birthday video calls with presentations made by my friends
I’m from lots of free time
From staying inside, acting as if the outside world doesn’t exist
Watching movies and shows that I’ve never seen to knowing all of the movies out there
From spending time with more of my family
To laying with my pets
I am from weather that makes me feel myself
when no one else can help me.
I am from dreary clouds and rain
From art and creativity
From seeing my siblings every day to barely seeing them
More Amazon packages and McDonald's and Wendy's every week.
I am from constant take-outfood and cooking for myself
From new CDC guidelines daily
To not being able to see my grandparents without a mask
This is our life, living in a pandemic