Is it really over?

Welcome to the Spot Writers! The prompt for this month is “Is it really over?” It could refer to the pandemic, or the war in Ukraine, or anything else that lingers too long.

This week’s contribution comes from Chiara De Giorgi. Chiara is currently in Berlin, Germany, doing her best to catch up with semi-abandoned writing projects. Her YA novel “Mi chiamo Elisa” was published in Italy by “Le Mezzelane Casa Editrice” in September 2020. Her children's book "Şebnem ve Schrödinger'in Kedisi" was just published in Turkey by Sia Kitap and in Italy with the title: "Chiara e il Gatto di Schrödinger".

 Is it really over?

by Chiara De Giorgi

 

Pandora's box - Charles Edward Perugini

Day in and day out here I stay,

Watching humans live their troubled lives.

To gods and divinities they pray,

Hope is the one thing that survives.

 

They say curiosity pushed me,

But that is not the truth, my dears.

That moment, when I chose to turn the key,

I was aware I would unleash the fears

 

That Zeus had trapped inside this box

Onto the world, and life for you would never be the same.

And yet, one thing remained here, under locks:

It’s hope, that’s what you need to stand this game.

 

With hope you face all that is thrown at you,

Hope makes you think the best is yet to come.

If only you could see, if what I know you knew…

You’d wish as well as I to be forever gone.

 

It is not over, you shouldn’t fool yourselves.

I’m opening the jar, prepare to run -

Although you cannot hope to save yourselves.

This much I promise you: it’s only just begun.

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Catherine A. MacKenzie: https://writingwicket.wordpress.com/wicker-chitter/

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Chiara De Giorgi: https://chiaradegiorgi.blogspot.com/