'We are not all in the same boat...' Covid poster & poem win Internet; Here's their story

Coronavirus pandemic has sent world in a tizzy, with news of lockdowns and quarantines taking a toll on each one of us. While governments have vised extreme measures to contain virus from spreing furr by making a clarion call for staying home, it does not come without its own set of challenges. 

In hopes of shedding light on various ways people are affected by Coronavirus lockdown, Damian Barr, columnist and author of You Will Be Safe Here released a sensational poem that appears to have resonated with netizens. To extent that poem has now been shared on various news and social media platform, invoking a sense of solidarity.

Seeking safe harbour amidst Coronavirus

Succinctly summed up and shared by author himself on his Twitter handle on April 21, poem quickly went viral, garnering over 2,000 retweets before it was picked up by a leing US daily unbeknownst to him and shared widely on ir website, this gave poem a far greater push than he could have envisioned. However, many users on microblogging website speculate that poem is a means to raise awareness for Mental Health Week, which happens each year between May 4-10.

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Here's full poem:

I heard that we are in same boat. 
But it's not that.
We are in same storm, but not in same boat.
Your ship can be shipwrecked and mine might not be.
Or vice versa.
For some, quarantine in optimal: a moment of reflection, or reconnection.
Easy, in flip flops, with a whiskey or tea.
For ors, this is a desperate crisis.
For ors, it is facing loneliness.
For some, peace, rest time, vacation.
Yet for ors, Torture: How am I going to pay muy bills?
Some were concerned about a brand of chocolate for Easter (this year re were no rich chocolates).
Ors were concerned about bre for weekend, or if noodles would last for a few more days.
Some were in ir "home office".
Ors are looking through trash to survive.
Some want to go back to work because y are running out of money.
Ors want to kill those who break quarantine.
Some need to break quarantine to stand in line at banks.
Ors to escape.
Ors criticize government for lines.
Some have experienced near-death of virus, some have alrey lost someone from it, and some believe y are infallible and will be blown away if or when this hits someone y know.
Some have faith in God and expect miracles during 2020. Ors say worse is yet to come. So, friends, we are not in same boat.
We are going through a time when our perceptions and needs are completely different. And each one will emerge, in his own way, from that storm.
It is very important to see beyond what is seen at first glance. Not just looking, more than looking, seeing.
See beyond political party, beyond biases, beyond nose on your face. Do not judge good life of or, do not condemn b life of or.
Don't be a judge.
Let us not judge one who lacks, as well as one who exceeds him. We are on different ships looking to survive. 
Let everyone navigate ir route with respect, empathy and responsibility.

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While poem itself is an ode to staying non-judgmental and being kind to each or, its catchy lines were furr accentuated by fact that it was accompanied by a stellar illustration me by Barbara Kelley, a gruate of Pratt Institute in New York. Take a look at image here:

Image credits: © Barbara Kelley

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Here are some reactions to heartwarming piece and illustration:

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