It has been a year since the virus first struck;
Grasping its victims within its viscous muck.
Hope now has rekindled, yet the journey is hard;
For the pandemic has left us permanently scarred.
The virus is a teacher the world had never known.
Blossoming simplicity and kindness in the people’s hearts.
Bringing families together by fits and starts.
For it was our ego that has clouded our intelligent mind.
Yet as we stand holding onto to an unlikely helping hand;
It’s ours alone to act as per the righteous demand.
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The announcement of vaccine raises hope about
end of the Covid pandemic. Midst the havoc the Covid virus has brought, I think
the lockdowns in a way has helped bring out the best in us. The virus has
brought out kindness and shown us the path to a simple living. Above all, the virus
has helped connect families and communities, and has thought us to share and
care for each other. In some sense, the virus turned out to be a teacher I never
knew.
~Narendra V Joshi