World In Lockdown

The world at war

With enemies within,

Invisible and indomitable it spreads!

Killing our brothers and sisters

Our mothers and fathers,

The parasite grows stronger with dread.

So do not be crestfallen 

But remember the fallen, 

And that it was our greed that killed them.

Perhaps nature has spoken

Our bond with it long broken

We must start to mend or brace for bedlam.

The fragile world in lockdown 

Our frail ego's shattered 

Survive! Survive! Survive... The poet says.