Lest I Forget

Before I forget how to shed tears, Let me cry a sea for mother Earth

Before my tear bank goes dry, And my ink also forced into quarantine.,

Let me scrawl this dirge for posterity to tell her how humanity was besieged by footless foes...

Before I forget how to knock heaven's gate Let me adjure this day for a visa back to yesterday

For reality has dished so much pain

On our pale plates

And tomorrow too isn't wearing a friendly face...

Before crying too becomes an offense, Let me cry a mighty torrent

For our heroes in death row uniforms who staked their lives at the waterfront,

And traded their breath for our borrowed lives

They gallantly stood nose to nose with these unseen forces.

And told death that he wasn't welcomed here

After heaven welcome them with a standing ovation

Let posterity's lips sing them worthy encomiums.

Lest I forget, Corona is still singing and we still haven't stopped dancing

Before the men up there tell us to change our dance steps,

Let me remind them that we have forgotten how to shake ourselves

And that we now sleep with our facemasks on and our sanitizers beside our beds.