Pandemic

A pandemic is born

Corona is on

Masked faces gloved hands

In plight and dread, the planet stands

New words, I got to hear

As my heart pumps with curiosity and fear

Quarantine, Pandemic, Social distancing, Lockdown, COVID...

Alas... I’ve never come across since I was a kid...

While we are cocooned and sheltering

There outside the COVID fighters are sweltering

The streets are deserted...

Many are dead and have been resting...

Suicides and stress...

Joblessness and distress...

Childhood has been snatched...

Parks and Gardens have been latched...

Get-togethers prevented, Lockdown extended,

Laborers... walking miles..hungry and Stranded

Humans in homes...

While nature heals and roams...

Social distancing for all

Yet our faith stands tall...

Life goes on...

Waiting for the dawn...

Life is still

Yet we have a will

For survival in this fight...

To see a new light...

Concluding would I say, Survival will prevail...

Hard times will fail...