Uncertainty Rules/I Do Not Know How To Answer Anything Poem by Shalom Freedman

Uncertainty rules
I do not know how to answer anything
What will be for all of us?
What about my family?
The children and grandchildren?
Who will or won't be able to make a living?
What about those who are losing their jobs?
How long will we all be confined?
Is the government being wise,
Too much or too little emphasis on health or the economy?
When will this all be over?
Will the warm weather end it?
What about the vaccine? When will there be one?
Is this really as bad as they say it is or might be?
Is closing down ordinary life for everybody justified?
I don't really know
I can't answer anything
Patience prayer
It will all be okay again
When it's over
But when will it be over?
And will it return to being alright again?