In a world that turned unknown to known individuals living in the realm, for the acknowledgement. That everything was different, exceedingly making the most drastic of changes. The whole world runs into a chaotic zoo like scenery. A majority of stores closed,supermarkets being ransacked leaving no items to spare for the rest, restaurants only treating customers to take out and delivery only completely dismissing the social distancing with one another, doctors only accepting sick patients via prescription; turning away the sick and the broken to save the lives of another. Franchise based stores only being permitted to stay open till 8pm, the materialism aspect of society they once knew comes to a complete holt. The unknown closes nail salons, hair salons, barber shops, family owned businesses, and believe or not even locally owned restaurants such as chinese food, bagel stores, pizza shops, and local bars. Some family owned businesses still remain open struggling to manage. With the colossal built up while this unknown starts taking over but it has come oddly indifferent for the existing reasoning of the unknown.
Most of these businesses have been advised by the presidential runners of society. To keep one another at 6 feet apart, and to get in the habit of practicing social distancing.
Schools all around the universal communities of the realm being closed and teachers having to set up online schooling. Gradations and proms being postponed until later dates than initially expected for seniors who graduate in June. This creating a large amount of depressive tendencies throughout the children and teens being effected during this struggle. Social distancing creating barriers between friendships, and relationships. Gas stations open only till curfew, but the gas prices have dropped tremendously since the unknown took over. Leaving individuals getting gas at a starting rate for regular at $1.77 credit and debit. The realm we once knew became a realm of the unwavering amount of unfortunate events. During this incredibly dysfunctional period, the unknowing realm starts to come to a semi permanent situational agreement.
Given that the world is considerately at rest with the modern day of society, the individuals that walk this realm become relient on facial masks, and surgical gloves. In the hope’s that this is semi permanent, the world starts to get accustomed to these vivid moments. A majority of the world losing their jobs for the time being and having to collect unemployment. Individuals fighting for their lives as well as their materialistic amenities to make payments on all their existing debts, and or bill’s. Some banks closing completely while other’s are only permitted to have bank tellers. This making it extremely hard to get in touch with future payments that are needed to be paid via bank and or phone. Due to this quickened, temperamental situation individuals are living through, making payments toward car insurance, phone services, rent, etc comes merely impossible. For these individuals to pay on time, because a majority of society is unemployed. Many parties going a bit stir crazy from quarantining themselves. The public made society much aware that until further notice social gatherings and or hang outs have been cancelled. Leaving the individuals cooped up in their homes binge watching Netflix, eating, baking, and or cooking. Without a prime realization that since bars and restuarants are closed, this leaving people running to liquor stores and stocking up more than usually. Society finding themselves creating non intentional habits. For some they are considerably concerned that liquor stores will sooner or later become non essential. Causing many parties to stock up extra on unnecessary amounts of alcohol to suppress and repress the mind during their self quarantine. Being that a majority of citizens have a hard time, being alone but not just feeling lonely. Suffering from their own health issues aside from the unknown misfortunes being played out as we speak.
Now, when it comes to social distancing, the presidential advisers have made it crystal clear that all individuals are to honor social distancing. By advising them to only go out if necessary. Supermarkets only allowing a certain amount of customers in the store based on the capacity of their establishment. Franchise based stores begin to only allow guests in at the earliest of hours that are senior citizens, and or parties with disabilities. Other customers must refrain from entry at the earliest of hours of the stores opening till around 9 a.m. Around this time other customers are permitted to enter the premises. Once the store opens, customers line up at wee hours of the morning to get into the supermarkets before the rush of the afternoon kicks up. Security guards, guarding the lines in the supermarkets making sure not a sole to cut another in line. Shelves being bare to the rim that you can even see the dust built up lines from the product before. Lysol and disinfectant sprays sold out everywhere, the lack of antibacterial, paper towels and toilet paper. Disappearing into thin air, once workers load the items on the shelves. The immediate rush of animal like individuals load their carts with much greed, followed by selfishness. Being that they have not left items for the rest, now in supermarkets they have limits for select items that are considered essential.
As far as the partial society that is still working they are considered Frontline Workers. These Frontline workers consist of private and public healthcare,law enforcement, public safety, first responders, food and agriculture workers, energy sector workers, transportation and logistic workers, public workers such as plumbers electricians, and the list continues. Risking their lives everyday to help, serve, and protect the realm of what felt like a ongoing nightmare. That consistently replays over and over in your head but only it’s in their very own reality. The public being told to stay home and self quarantine themselves for the time being. This meaning unless one is a frontline worker, they advise fellow individuals to reside at home. Creating social distancing from one to another.
The unknown created social distancing even for franchise based food places such as Burger King, Wendy’s, and or McDonald’s and franchise stores such as Walmart, Walgreens, and or Cvs. These franchised base stores put up plexi glass infront of their windows, and registers. To protect themselves from the bacterial infection that consumed the customers. Coming in and out of the establishment, with one not knowing who’s hands are clean and who’s aren’t. Putting up the plexi glass is a caution that stores are taking as extra precautions.
Even though the unknown came in and turned the realm to chaos. Individuals were able to work on something much bigger than their regular work their use too. They had to relearn themselves, and those surrounding them. Relearning the likes, and the dislikes of them in which the other party and or parties may have forgotten. Forgetting not purposely but over the course of years. One spends with another with children, bill’s, and other scenario like examples. Husbands and wives being able to reconnect and come back together as a whole. Starting over, building from the ground up. Both thinking different thoughts then before. Thinking “Holy Shit, I want to make this work!” Still keeping that hope like energy one once had in the very beginning. For the purpose of the unknown bringing familiar faces together. Making them stronger, having a tremendous amount of value. Value for themselves as well as having value for those significant around them. Acknowledging that at any given time, life happens and their mother, their father, their sister, their child, their aunt, their uncle or even their neighbor across the street. Can pass off into the sun in a blink of an eye, by sickness or natural causes. This darkness bought citizens fear, fear in the diverse changes transitioning. Into life as they once knew was now tormenting and irreversible.
The only solution was to bit the bullet and get accustomed to these drastic changes. Though the unknown bought the ugliest conversion of darkness. But in that very dark brung a gigantic amount of creativity, self acknowledgement, and values. Value characteristic traits that sit in a individual. They are Respect, Loyalty, and Honesty. Showing individuals what really matters when shit hits the fan. Finding that many suffer from selfish tendencies but all in all even though the unknown showed one of the one’s they really were during scarced times.
Eventually folks were learning all over but this time everything was backwards. With a decent amount of time on their hands they start exploring new ways. Ways in which to keep them from boredom. May this be engaging in family digesting all they have missed. Individuals catching up on projects and or business proposals. Let’s say they’ve been on the back burner for some time now. The unknown bought out the old and replaced it with the new. Now, the entire realm has to work backwards in order to move forward.
By: k.L♡


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