Hindsight?

No one saw it coming, and

No one would have cared anyway.

What was the use since

Shoegaze had become the norm?

We'd become so used to looking down

That metaphor followed reality,

And a collective depression and anxiety

Eventually sank in, and we

Sought all sorts of remedies, but no

Panacea presented itself.

Exercise, diet, medications, massage,

Reiki, microdose, alcohol, overeating,

Avoidance, therapy, even

Avoidance therapy --

Nothing really caught on long enough

Or well enough

To really make a difference.

Maybe we should've looked up just long enough

To catch a glimpse,

But would we have cared anyway?