The Pandemic Speaks - Sally Churgel

[Larry Robinson]

The Pandemic Speaks

You called, I came
When the ineffable nameless one
opened a space within itself
I was formed 
from your anguish and cries for
Peace and Unity

What? You thought it would be easy?
That I’d arrive in a chariot 
with an embossed linen decree
I would announce, You all Behave,
and all the swords and assault rifles
would be laid down and 
all would behave?

Instead like a global tsunami 
my wave of energy spreads across 
your emerald and sapphire globe
I do not pick and choose 
who or where I’ll infect
Like pollen in the wind I 
settle where I fall

Bringing consequence
I mean no harm 
nor punishment nor retribution
Without anger or remorse
I move, I land, I move on
intending only to spread a seed of
common purpose and
to serve a greater good

I was there when the frogs and locusts
descended upon Egypt
bringing freedom to the Israelite slaves
at a high price for those who remained
The cost now has been dear and terrifying
This time shared among all humankind 

Yet with freedom available for all
You who are enslaved by digital technology
unplugged from your daily routine 
find abundant new distractions 
as technology becomes potential ally
Unexpected connections forged
Borders of countries drop away

I’m an organizer who commands
humanity to empty your closets
Carelessly shoved into the back corners
your broken promises
Now laid bare in the sunlight 
Cobwebs gleaming

Chaos abounds 
before the sift and sort of 
all the hidden debris
A lifetime and millennium of 
greed and injustice and hate
to be acknowledged, accepted and
Atoned

A mirror of consciousness
I have compelled you to look inward
To ask is this the life I want?
Do I love this home, this job, this family, 
Others, myself?

You have the chance now to restock
the closets with all you have learned
about collective agreement and sacrifice, 
to reset the consciousness of the world

There is no time for you to waste 
on hope or despair
This is a time of acceptance and alignment 
collaboration and compassion

It’s up to you now to have grown from
the trial I have brought
Acknowledge the reset or don’t
It has happened regardless of your awareness

I will leave as the plagues left Egypt
When your own stiff neck has softened
When you accept the Other 
in the all the lands
And the unknown unloved Other within

- Sally Churgel