Longing to put aside precaution
The added extra steps
But there will be no all-clear
A wholesale putting aside
Only a gentle unfurling
Releasing a wary world
Is this a brief veil lifting
Glimpsing what is always there
Did we simply not realise
We were always on alert
Not receive the memo
With instructions for caution
Will our vigilance subside
Our attention erode
Slowly forget our learning
A return to ignorance as bliss.