Dear Yuri,
As I look through my window staring at the sky hoping to see a shining star behind the dark blue sky, my soul is gripped with fear and anxiety about the worsening situation of the Corona virus in my country. In yesterday’s update the latest cases are in the neighbourhood where my parents and siblings live. Locked down miles away from them my heart bleeds as I know how inevitable it is for them to walk the streets in search of food to feed the family.
It is nearly impossible to stock up food for a family of 9 with an income of $ 500 a month. Logically a lock down in my country is asking the majority citizens to choose between starving to death in their households and dying from Covid on the streets.
The sight of the ignorance being portrayed by many of my people is worrying. This is mainly because they lack proper and adequate information of the beast.
Dear Yuri I am scared at the thought of losing my loved ones, at the thought of what will become of my country if this beast is not contained. So many things are uncertain at this point. Is this the new normal? Will I never go out to Rocco Mamas to seat in and have my favourite burger and milkshake? Is this the end of crazy parties with my friends? How about church, I am not an everyday church goer but now I wish I could just go to church. It is only now that we realise that the little things we take for granted actually mean a lot.
Yuri, at this point I can only hope that there’s a clear blue sky beyond the dark cloud on my window.