Thoughts Through the Time of Corona

We are living through unprecedented times. The future seems bleak, the self-isolation and loneliness is taking many to the brink of insanity. Yet, like all seemingly desolate situations in life, this quiet time of slowing down and taking note of our endless blessings comes with a silver lining.

Like many, I have embraced this time to reconnect with a hobby I had long forsaken to the rat-race of modern living. I have brought back to life the poet in me. Hope my rhymes resonate with you. Stay safe x

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𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘈 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘦, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯, 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦? 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. #TheTezzyFiles #ImAPoetAndIKnowIt #SometimesIWrite #RandomThoughts #AtTheTopBurjKhalifa . . . . . . . . #weareinthistogether #CoronaVirusCantStopMe #2020 #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #randommusings #dubaipoet #letstakeitslow #poetry #burjkhalifa #burjkhalifadubai #worldstallestbuilding #mydubai #selfisolation #SelfQuarantine #coronavirus #thistooshallpass #fromthisvantagepoint #vantagepoint

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𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙼𝚢 𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌. 𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝙸𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚘 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖, 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗; 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚊, 𝚃𝚘 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝. 🌞🌴🙏 #TheTezzyFiles #Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . #QuarantineLife #weareinthistogether #LifeInTheTimeOfCorona #quarantinepoetry #quarantinepoem #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #imapoetandnowyouknowit #ImAPoetAndIKnowIt #seeyoubythesea #atthebeach #rasalkhaimah #myuae #uaepoet #writingcommunity #writingsociety #writing #lockdownpoetry #poetryofinstagram #poetrycommunity

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