Alone.
A long way from home.
In a foreign desert.
Welcomed with open, yet virtual, arms.
Doctoring behind a mask.
Educating behind a screen.
The newness fades, replaced not with belonging,
familiarity, or comfort,
But with worry, anxiety, fear.
Friends in name only, in small squares.
Distant socially, emotionally, professionally.
One year later.
Still alone.
