2019

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If there was a year I regret not enjoying,

some years might come close, but not as close as 2019.


The last normal year we all took for granted,

before 2020 came and brought with it the pandemic.


In 2021, we thought it would all be done.

How dejected we all felt to be proven wrong.


Now, we’re all looking back with wistful fondness,

on the year that could have been filled with so much happiness.


But life’s worries have hindered us to enjoy the “now.”

Back when we thought 2019 was worse, it wasn’t, somehow.


Now, we’re still stuck at home, isolated and depressed,

distracting ourselves with lies to avoid the truth we’re afraid to confess.


In 2022, will it be too good to be true?

If the pandemic were to end, can we start all over again?


Or will we live life regretting we didn’t have it that bad?

Back when we thought 2020 would be better, 2019 was all we had.

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