Repeated echoes
“You are in lockdown.
Follow lockdown procedure…”

How do you awake
to a new day
cloud thinning to
sunshine and blue sky
and suddenly 
remember the 
events of yesterday.

How do you
start the day 
with breakfast
eating a meal
on a chair
comfortable cushion 
safe in your house
when separate
in time and space,
separate to you
and your family
separate from values
you hope for,
this murder 
has stolen innocence
this cowardice 
has stolen strength
this hate 
has expressed itself
livestreamed itself.

How do you 
sickened
angered
grieving
raw
shocked...
speak out 
call out
live out
the heartbreak,
something remote
but close,
something confusing
yet seeking
the edges of clarity.

49 times the grief
90 times the agony
changing numbers
newspaper numbers
reflecting chaos 
triggering
greater family pain.

six hatreds
six tears
six thoughts
six degrees
of connected separation.

Prompt
With one quick call we plunged into lockdown at my school in Christchurch. Outside terrorism, stalked parts of Christchurch 2019.
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