Creating worlds with words

Quarantine has turned our lives upside down. Every single aspect has changed. Is this for better or for worse? I think it depends on each of us. For some it means being away from their loved ones, but for others it means more of that dearest personal time. Many have taken up new hobbies like reading, or exercising. I personally have started making home-made food. Home-made. In these current times, everything is home-made, isn’t it? The meals, the work, the studies, the exercise, the learning… But what about love? For some, it is still home-made because we are lucky enough to be with our families; however, others may not have such fortune. Whether it’s a city or an ocean away, they are far from home. But they are probably trying to make that temporal dwelling home-made, each in their own way. These are some hard times, and maybe even hardly time. I can barely grasp the days and weeks going by; they just ran through my fingers. But for others time couldn’t run any more slowly. The

My window is kind of high. If I sit in front of it, I can see the sky behind my neighbour’s tall palm tree. Right now it’s sunny, but there are some clouds here and there. If I stand up I get to see houses, rooftops and green trees, one next to another.      I prefer the view I have when I am sitting because it’s more natural. It’s a more relaxing sight than when I stand up. However, I like the fact that I get to see these different views from the same window.     Sometimes I pretend that I’m somewhere else, that I’m in a beach on holidays. When I stand up, I’m thrown back into reality. I can briefly escape to somewhere else. I can shift worlds by just sitting down or standing up.