Excellent COVID -19 all is cancelled Blended Reality : Cancel culture by JLR Coping with Covid-19 writing prompt entry

The brakes were engaged without ever once touching the brake pedal. Saddled with a mysterious, unseen bug that if caught could kill me. March began the canceling of all things near and dear, making it clear, I was no longer stronger than an unseen bug that could be transmitted by the closest I loved. So a two- year process culminating in a graduation, a personal life long goal of achieving something chased by not caught - canceled. Two grandsons high school commencement celebrations, canceled, such a sad commentary on the celebrations of life subverted by an unseen bug. Hospice volunteers sitting on the sidelines as homebound and nursing home resident talk through the windowpane, touching canceled. Summetime music festivals, county fairs, neighborhood bar-b-ques - canceled as lingering effects even stopped the nations jets keeping people locked at home with signs - STAY AWAY. The over the top - church stopped, no room, just zoom, praying into a vast space - not feeling attached to the human race. Canceled, the new norm - the perfect storm, the bug unseen, just makes me want to scream I am not going to be canceled anymore! Writing Prompt How has coping with Covid-19 changed things in your life

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