ONCE UPON A PANDEMIC

Out of the blues it came, Bringing terror with its name, Its entrance disrupted our existence, Its mission a puzzle to common-sense… A killer unleashed on planet earth, A novel appearance difficult to unearth, What seemed prime to humans no longer does, Everyone is home, no more thriving open stores… Staring into space now the norm of the day, No longer free to have one’s fundamental right of way, The status quo for all now is boredom, The chant on every mind is it has overstayed its welcome… All days now look alike, All because of a certain virus with the spike, Its chief aim is to enforce isolation, None is exempted, its ravage is from nation to nation… People dying without a befitting burial, Once in isolation their rights suffer an outright denial, Their bodies family members will see not if they leave not there alive, Fear, panic, prayers for their loved ones to survive… A pathetic plight has befallen humanity, Exposing all pursuits as sheer vanity, Lofty activities now thrown into the ditch, Everyone’s wish is to covid 19 impeach… Economies are crippled, Faces are lack-lustre dimpled, Stomachs rumbling from hunger, This, an unexpected offer… A sit at home order, That makes my pondering mind shudder, Joblessness and hopelessness in heap on heap, That’s the gain its presence has given us to keep… China’s gift has shaken the world, It has forcefully ambitions stalled, It has left the world angrily appalled, A plug-in that we crave to be swiftly uninstalled… Fear, anxiety, all over the land, Deaths amassing like grains of sand, Once erstwhile happy families now engrossed with mourning, When will we awake from this dreadful night, when will it be morning? Streets are empty, Burdens hefty, Hearts heavy, Deaths many… Since civilisation there’s been many an ailment, But none’s popularity is like yours hell-bent, Your name causes people to shudder, Your strike an unwanted surrender… Social distancing the new order, All countries have shut their border, Dealing with unwanted weather, From a viral infectious fever… Corona has suddenly become a referral of pain and confusion, Many people have by it been plunged into delusion, It has no respect for class, age or achievement, Its vision? To force human-kind into confinement… Minute by minute, the cases increase, We wonder if the news will ever cease, The statistics of patients seemingly endures, Even though there’s been a cross-country lockdown procedure… General mantra now is please stay safe, stay home, Although for mankind hustling is an essential dome, Everyone now on a standstill, Dear GOD, we pray YOUR Mercy on us to heal… I know I’ll be standing when this nightmare is over, Optimism the only way to make ones immune stronger, Covid-19 though you have no respect for social strata, Your tearful grip we will eventually conquer… Amen!!!!!! ~PoetonicElla© 2020