Unlockdown

 

This poem was originally written as part of the following blog post: https://bhoom10.github.io/2020/05/22/aftermath/

So all those fears have come true,
So the lockdown is now real,
But we’ve been locked in for much longer,
Locked into the cages of our minds.

We have had blinders all along
Running on the race course of life
Too busy to stop and think
Too focused to look around us.

Tunnel vision has consumed us,
Our barricades have concealed us,
Our minds have locked us in,
Our walls have fortified us.

Can we now break free?
Can we release our locks?
Can we break the locks of our own minds?
Can we unravel ourselves?

Can we find our principal components?
Can we find our support vectors?
Can we find our salient features?
Can we unlock ourselves?