Together, Alone: Community Voices Documenting Life in the Pandemic

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Mar 30

Returned submitted by Damaris Bernhard

Posted on March 30, 2020 at 3:49 PM by Jason Macoviak

O, break my heart open
For what was lost forever, returned

Precious quiet beauty
Empty streets
Scant commerce

Quiet to hear the Mother breathing in the canyons
Stillness to feel your own heart beat
Exquisite quiet – empty streets

Immeasurable cost
And yet,
What was lost forever, returned

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