Author’s Note: Hello everyone! This is a poem I had to write for my ENGL 320W class at CSU, Chico during my Fall 2020 semester. For this poem, we had to create an abecedarian poem. This meant that the beginning of every line has to start with the next letter of the alphabet; a, b, c, d, e, and so forth. This was pretty challenging as I had to revise my poem many times to make the sentences work and just the overall challenge of making sure the next letter of the alphabet was used. Still, I had a good time writing this poem. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy reading this too.

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A year of self-improvement. Those were my last thoughts heading into 2020.
But the reality is far often removed from our aspirations.
Cause I felt my heart is torn… piece by piece… little by little,
do you not see him cry out in desperation? “Mama!” When will it be
enough? So many have died and yet, ignorance roams maskless. We are
falling and some people are loving this situation.
Good people die and
hundreds of thousands will follow.
I am always reminded of how weakness can be so frustrating.
“Just do it”, do it for those who are not here anymore;
Kobe, my
family; Ger and
Michael. You all left too early. 
“No one will blame you if you give up.”
On and on, I will remember those words… I will not
pray for you, for the one above has never answered my
questions and prayers, however, I will remember you.
Rest peacefully, you have done well, I am proud of you.
Shield those of us who are left behind.
This will pass and memories will remain. The
universe works in different ways, hopefully, our
votes can positively change the world.
We will not mess up this time. “Mr.
Xiong, what do you say about 2020?”
“You already know my answer,
zillion of others will agree with me, 1/10, I would not recommend it.”

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