Time Will Remember

Time will remember this plague, 

When carnival cities lay still

Fear and death paraded at will.

Gloom hit the happy places,

Each glance - cold, empty spaces.

Death took loved ones; it seemed, for fun! 

The crazy went out! Another grocery run!

O! The great hoard! 

The toilet paper bandwagon! 

All Aboard!

I will remember how they fought,

Some for things, some for life,

And some, simply a fighting lot!

When the world halted every war,

In observance of the new horror!

For once, the stats did not mention

The race and color of the infection!

For once, nobody asked,

What's your color behind the mask?

When the world stood one in fight

To, for once, do what's right.

To love, to save, to honor,

But ironic! Under a deathly banner!

I will remember,

Time will remember.

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This poem is part of 

Letters & Pieces (2020): Quarantine Poems

A National Poetry Writing Month 2020 Project

Complete index HERE