Name: A Visitor
Duration: P00H02M46S
Description: Written during the Covid-19 sequester, "A Visitor" explores the experience of many people who were unable to provide human touch to loved ones hospitalized with the virus.

A Visitor

by Mike Ladd

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Written during the Covid-19 sequester, "A Visitor" explores the experience of many people who were unable to provide human touch to loved ones hospitalized with the virus.

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My face stares right through me
a reflection through a glass darkly
Hands and noses smudge the membrane
blocking you from holding me
Uncovered eyes search for any signs
that you are coming through
But any signs from higher powers
for ones like us are far and few.

A nurse is holding hands, inside
the hazmat suit is shiny blue
The head is bowed as if in prayer
or resignation to a truth
The urge to rush in breaks in me
but something deeper holds me fast
Eyes are open, breath returns
face to face we know at last
Eyes turn searching, yearning
do you see me up against the glass.

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released April 18, 2021
Mike Ladd - guitar, vocal
Brendan Keenan - low flutes

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Mike Ladd Worcester, Massachusetts

Mike Ladd is a singer, guitarist, writer, and performer for over 30 years based in central Massachusetts. He has performed and recorded solo and with Chimera, The Ladd Foundation, The Valves, Blackstone Cúil, Banda Gan Ainm; he has released singles, albums, and appeared on television and radio many times, and has written for The Journal of Music in Ireland. ... more

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