Interventions

an abridged history of attempted interventions on me from Dagny to Corona

I survived Dagny Donner trying to cast me as a concert producer

I survived Louise Klugner trying to cast me as a diminished version

of a gay person who needed her guidance socially

I survived Rhonda Platter (I'll try not to self batter)

trying to cast me as "a marginalized woman 

who'd been left out for too long" 

whom she was therefore entitled to include

however she saw fit.

I survived these prolonged attempted interventions on me

damaged and isolated coping

traumatized and isolated managing my rage

trying to mitigate the damage of these interventions

And now Corona Virus is after me and everyone 

I am a grain of sand warmed by the sun

in an expanse of beach

I am someone with long stories

in an expanse of people with stories

the masses of people

now imperiled

me among them

Oh yes I have my stories

my quest to let in light

and not be overwhelmed 

by the damage of me

And now  here comes another

attempted intervention

this time by a virus

a novel virus

aimed at the masses of people

aimed at the many

And I am a foot soldier

to help flatten the curve

remembering sunlight on sand

isolation is now a survival skill

I'm one among the many

in a perilous world

Reviews

[alanwgraham]

Hi Evyn, you have written a great and very touching personal view of these unsettling times we are living and dying through, the outcome of which we do not yet know and of which at some future date we may sit intimately with friends drinking a glass of disinfectant, chateau Trump, and reflect on these dream like times when we felt like cogs in some citizen army assembled to combat an invisible enemy. Or perhaps not.
Seriously, this is great writing, with a unique twist, tying together all your interventions.
I've made an attempt on a story on a similar theme called 'Journey into darkness' if you need a bed-time read.
Take care,
Alan

[Evyn Rubin]

Thank you for your review and your understanding reading. (I know you were joking, but do not ever drink beach!) I look forward to reading your story "Journey into Darkness." All best wishes.