
Poem of the Day- Another Tragedy : 5/24/2022

I wrote this about the PULSE club shooting in 2016.
Everyone claims prayers thoughts
For those they sprouted
Hatred against (just a few days ago)
Only because of their untimely
Deaths.
If they had gone
On living -they would
Have continued to be
Hated by most–
Now they are loved
And remembered and
Prayed for in the their death
Because they are dead.
It’s too late for you
Prayers warriors, you
Religious zealots and
bigots , your prayers
And love falls on
Angry ears, ears of
The victims families , ears
Of their loved ones, ears
Of the LATINX,Puerto Rican,
LGBTQ Community
People who weren’t
Given two fucks about
Or treated with hatred
Because your Bible told
You so.
So I’ve been in denial for the past few weeks. I haven’t been keeping up with the COVID numbers as I usually do and have been ignoring the news about this new Delta variant of COVID. Last year, COVID basically consumed most of my life since I was an essential worker for the Department of Public Health and Kroger.
It was basically an adrenaline rush that kept going strong with constant policy changes at both jobs until October/November and there was peace and almost going back to normalcy until late December when the COVID vaccination phases started. During this time, this took a toll on the mental health of me and my fellow coworkers. There were times that were so dark for me, that I wondered on some mornings if it would be the day I would be committed to the psych ward.
However, I was super fortunate to have support from friends and my then supportive partner during that awful time. I was also seeing Mr.Toxic who was my pandemic buddy who I would freak out with every time something new happened with the virus. Up until a few weeks ago, things had basically gone back to normal at both my jobs. Masks were basically a thing of the past (well for us that are fully vaccinated) and I wasn’t getting any calls about Covid.
That changed this past week when once again the numbers are rocketing out of control with the Delta Variant. I also started getting calls again about Covid at my DPH job and once again masks have enforced for all employees at both of my jobs
At this point I’m honestly anxious about quite a few things:
It will be interesting to see how all of this will play out with the new surge. I hope that the new administration will be way more proactive than the previous one. I also hope that mental healthcare ends up being more accessible to the general population because a lot of us will need it.
Below is the link for the COVID related post from last year: