Happy Passover and Easter!

These are strange and trying times. Passover and Easter coincide this year, but families and worshippers are being told that they shouldn't get together because of this insidious virus that has all but shut down most of the world. It's all a bit scary, but people are making the most of it, helping their neighbors with food and little uplifting gifts. On the news last night, a local florist delivered a pot of spring flowers to just about everyone in their small town. As far as celebrating the holidays, people are getting together with family virtually for seders and Easter dinner, and churches and temples have their services online from empty houses. But the spirit is still there, and in the homes, and that's what I wrote about today. The prompts from Poetic Asides and NaPoWriMo are (1) Write a "spirit" poem, and (2) write a triolet.

Spirit

We talk about our human spirit -

in times like these, we need it most.

This day is dark, but we won't fear it -

we'll talk. About our human spirit,

we know it when we see and hear it -

we help each other, coast to coast.

We talk because we're human. Spirit?

In times like these, we need it most.