I miss the pandemic

A poem I wrote for TikTok

I starting writing an article about how I miss the pandemic, but it came out as a poem.

Here it is spoken:

@novelleist#duet with @cotb811 can anyone relate? #pandemic #rapper #poet #poetrytok #rappersoftiktok #poetsoftiktok #openmic

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Here it is written:

I miss the pandemic

Life’s so full It’s systemic

Every moment with friends

Calendar’s full when will it end

I feel guilt, a pressure that I built

Answering every text and message

Without checking my own perspective

I want to live free, to travel and to see

The whole world at my feet, the path decided on by me

Just us and an open road

The ones I love and the unknown

But now everything’s a chore

Filled with the busy-ness of before

Didn’t we learn to treasure

Or have we returned to the pressure

Do I have to power to say no

To overcome FOMO

To be selfish and resist

To have adventures and persist

To create a life that I design

And to follow my own mind

Can anyone relate? I opened comments to all subscribers on this one if you want to join me there:

Until next week,

Elle

P.S. Next week I’ll be publishing part-two of my (now) six-part think tank on the future of fiction. I’ll be brainstorming what the future of publishing will look like alongside Wattpad writer Emilia Rose, Aethon publisher Rhett Bruno, Novlr founder Thomas Muirhead, Storia founder David Burt, and Legends of Cypher writer Devin Sawyer for paid subscribers of The Novelleist. See you then!