Sarah Ritter is a Straw Dog Writers Guild member from Connecticut. In 2019, she published her first poetry collection: “Inspirations, Transformations and Revelations: A Poetic Expression of My Personal Journey.” Her poems have been published in several anthologies published by The National Beat Poetry Foundation and Local Gems Press.
“Sunrise During the Pandemic”
Though the fog of my dreams
Was beginning to clear
I did not dare stir
For I did not want to admit to the morning
That I was in fact awake
Just so I could hold on to this moment
A little longer
Cocooned by a fluffy cloud of warm blankets
Pulled up to my eyes
I peered over the edge
Just enough for my eyes to decipher the time
From the shades of color outside the window
And though I knew
I had a full day ahead of me
For now, I was content to lie here
Pretending that time did not exist
Beyond this moment
Pretending there was no such thing
As Covid-19
Mandatory masks
Social Distancing
For now, I wanted to lie here
With my husband by my side
My dogs curled around my legs
And exist only in this magical bubble
Where the night had slipped away
But the morning has not yet risen
And the world is perfect