Vows
When I agreed to love you
In good times and bad,
I thought the bad times would be
Unique to us--internal.
Sickness, poverty, infidelity, bickering.
I didn't think the bad times would be
A global pandemic,
The erosion of American democracy,
Environmental destruction brought on by global warming.
I took the security of our world for granted--
Restaurants, businesses, and shops would always be there.
I never thought most of life would be off limits
And that we--the two of us--
Would be left alone in our home
Safeguarding ourselves from the outside world
One Amazon purchase at a time.
I'd still say, "I do."
Sarah Zureick-Brown 
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