This story starts before then. In a world i once would dwell. It was a world of waste and wonder. Of poverty and plenty. Back before we understood.
The people came up with companies to trade across all lands. But they swelled and got much bigger than we ever could have planned.
We'd always had our wants,but now it got so quick. You could have anything you dreamed of in a day,and with a click.
We noticed families stopped talking. That's not to say they never spoke. But the meaning must have melted and the work life balance broke.
And the children's eyes grew squarer. And every toddler had a phone.
They filtered our imperfection but amidst the noise, they felt alone.
And everyday the skies grew thicker. Till they couldn't see the stars. So we flew in planes to find them.
While down below, we filled our cars.
We drive around all day in circles. We'd forgotten how to run. We swapped the grass for tarmac,shrunk the parks ,till there were none.
We filled the sea with plastic. Because our waste was never capped. Until each day when you went fishing , you'd pull them out already wrapped.
And while we drunk and smoked and gambled. Our leaders taught us why.
It's best to not upset the lobbies,more convenient, to die
But then in 2020, a new virus came our way. The government reacted and told us all to hide away.
While we all were hidden, amidst the fear and all the while,
The people dusted off their instincts. They remembered how to smile ☺. They started clapping to say thank you. And calling up their mums.
And with the skies less full of voyagers, the earth began to breath.
The beaches bore new wildlife. That scuttled off into the seas.
Some people started dancing ,
Some were singing.
Some were baking.
We'd grown so used to the bad news. But some good news was in the making. And so when we found the cure and we were allowed to go outside.
We all preferred the world we found to the one we'd left behind. Old habits became extinct. And they made way for the new. And every single act of kindness was now given its due.
But why did it take a virus to bring the people back together?
Well sometimes it just takes something bigger to teach us a lesson.
Now lie down and dream of tomorrow , and all the things that we can do .
And who knows?😊. If you dream hard enough maybe some of them would come true.
We now call it the great realisation. And since then there have been many 😃.
But that's the story if how it started and why hindsight's 2020.
Good work bro ...