‘split’

by Kien-Ling Liem

lately, the world has been divided. the united states is no longer united. maybe it never was. the covid-19 wave has slowed everything down. the gap of time has forced everyone to see things through their own eyes, perhaps for the first time. perspectives are clashing. civil war may spark. and with many countries in lockdown, time is not moving any faster. people are confined in their homes with nowhere to go. five minutes integrates into thirty, thirty merges into hours, until it becomes a colourless, never-ending loop. anguish and a form of endless frustration takes over, something many of us have been feeling lately.