Dating in 2020
It has been a truly crazy year. Overall, it seems that challenges are mounting and, at times, it may even feel like nothing will ever be the same! These feelings come often, and can be more than a little discouraging, so I’ve got a few pointers:
First and foremost, recognize that you aren’t alone! We are all in this together.
Be patient with yourself. You don’t need to get everything done today, or right now, you have time.
Be grateful you aren’t an angsty poet like me!
Some of these suggestions are slightly more constructive, and may even prove beneficial, but I’m going to focus on the latter of the three. So let’s begin with a little context. I wrote the following poem about two weeks ago (as I waited to hear back from an absolute stranger that I had texted earlier that same day):
“Truth, and light, and tenderness,
the fruit of joyful love.
Found in sweet companionship,
and taught in courts above.
I seek in you the future,
but hardly know your name.
Each breath a hopeful moment,
that you might feel the same.”
In sharing this poem, I do recognize that dating has always been hard. The only challenge now is that COVID-19 has made it seem nearly impossible. It’s not a huge point of grief currently, but it is one of those challenges I’m facing (in the midst of many others). Obviously I would like to be dating, especially in the hopes of starting a life beyond myself, but 2020 isn’t holding any punches. So….
Whatever may come next, I’ll just have to bide my time and enjoy being the weirdo who writes poetry about special mystery someones.