Watch out: the virus is here!
Nalini Rau
Dance and Poetry
2:03 minutes
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New York
I watched as the pandemic took over the globe and simultaneously the struggle for equality and dignity too sparked in different parts of the world. I felt that two viruses were endangering us: one attacked the physical body and the other attacked our emotional and mental bodies. Out of a deep concern and anguish for humanity, I wrote this poem and then danced it.
The virus
Have you heard?
Have you heard?
There is a virus.
A virulent one.
Running through the veins of many
The virus is quick, it ransacks the body and the mind
It closes the heart and blinds the vision.
It turns humans into monsters, ready to hurt, ready to kill
The symptoms are many:
Fear is one
Suspicion is another
Reaction is the third.
Contain the virus!.
It’s infectious.
It’s poisonous.
It is deadly.
Clever, it lies dormant, simmering and takes off when one’s guard is down.
It gathers momentum like a tornado, destroying all in its path.
It is the virus of hate.
A fear of the other.
A greed to possess and not share.
A desire to dominate
Division , destruction and sorrow come in its wake.
Has it infected you?
Watch out.
The virus is here.
By
Nalini Rau
June 2020
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