I’m living in at least two parallel universes simultaneously
living at least two parallel lives
One in which my my heart and head
is continually
bearing witness to a time warp of
bloodshed
on screens
away from screens
and when my eyes are closed and I’m
lying in bed
The other?
A universe of blissful privilege and safety
where everything is going pretty darn swimmingly
Chats and conversations in that universe revolve around the mundane and everyday
the ups and downs of life as white first-worlders
Far from the daily horror inflicted upon many a global southerner
and those just a few hours’ flight away
who everyday
are being ethnically cleansed
while up here
over here
our blissful privilege never ends
I straddle the divide between these two parallel universes uneasily
Never not gobsmacked that this has become my reality
AN FRAOCH 