Quarantine Diaries: Poems

Picking Up Hobbies

I have sewn eight hats. Eight!

I even invented the Witch Cap Beanie!

I have made hair pins, jewelry, cloaks and hats.

Becoming the hobbit I always knew I was.

I have baked with reckless abandon.

Pumpkin rolls, hamantaschen; you name it, I'll bake it!

Staying inside hasn't been that difficult now that I can get some hobbies in.

Finally deciding to finish sewing the patches on my battle jacket, listening to music,

Reading poetry I bought just for their covers,

Chasing the unrealistic aesthetic dream of a life put together.

As if the world is not crumbling before us,

As if this pandemic is just a hazy fog

Dissolving from my mind

Hereafter.