parting

​You have gone away quite suddenly.  In the comfort of your home & home country ,  which now seems alien and distant owing to COVID.  Loved ones abroad could not get to you in time .  They had to seek comfort in technology and bid you a skype farewell , grieve with family through the internet.   
Even thinking of this is hard and a giant hand squeezes my heart.  Are we the same age ?
I welcome the petty irritants of today .  Sunday morning blues as I begin my Middle Eastern week. The store that opens a hour later than promised causing me to “waste minutes of my precious time”.   I welcome the feeling of being overwhelmed and fearful ,   the seemingly long list of things to do before Christmas ,  the noisy neighbor whipper-snipping his lawn early morning as I type , sucking away at my inspiration.   …..  I get to experience all of these another day.