Dear APOCALYPSE #4

Dear Apocalypse,

The world wasn't prepared for you. We prepare for fires, car accidents, natural disasters, but no one was ready to confront a pandemic. Apocalypse, you're proving to us what it means to be human. You're showing us that life finds a way, and that doesn't just mean human life. We are just a result of the life that found its way and became humankind.

You're proving to us that we really aren't at the top of the food chain, so what will we do for survival? Are humans the kind to unite? Will we persevere together or let greed take control? As a lone human myself, so much fear and anxiety struck me. I'm alone in my city, family totally out of reach, and those that are within reach are weak and fragile. There's no security in our income and housing anymore for the foreseeable future. After just a few days my feelings of worry melted away as I realized this is a natural way of life. We may prepare and fight, but life will always find its way.

You and I and humankind will find its way as long as we rightfully do so. Now more than ever is the time to consider everyone around you, because everyone around you is a part of YOU.

I wish so badly to visit my dad in one state, my grandmother in another, my lovers and friends elsewhere. We are all experiencing our own unique feelings of longing for the ones we love, but virtual support and isolation will be what unites us in the end.

Apocalypse, these times are so trying, but together we are realizing the intense value of life and survival as a species. Humankind will overcome.

- RT

(written March 17th 2020)