CORUNA VIRUS
I AM SICK OF THIS, WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN
SLITHERING THROUGH THE WORLD UNSEEN
KILLING SO MANY DAY AFTER DAY
NONE OF SAFE, NONE OF US SURE
IS TODAY THE DAY YOU COME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR
WILL I BE STRUCK DOWN, OR MY LOVED ONES
I CAN SEE THE FEAR IN SOME PEOPLE’S EYES, AS WE PASS EACH OTHER BY
I CAN READ THE QUESTIONS IN THEIR MIND, AM I GOING TO BE THE CAUSE OF THEIR DEMISE
I AM FRUSTRATED, NOT DEPRESSED, JUST WAITING LIKE SO MANY OTHERS FOR ALL THIS TO END
THE UNCERTAINTY, THAT FEAR, IS ALL A BIT TOO MUCH TO BEAR
WHERE CAN I FIND SOLACE, HOW CAN I ESCAPE
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET MY MIND INTO A BETTER PLACE
ALCOHOL USED TO BE A ROUTE, BUT NOW THAT’S OFF THE AGENDA
DEPRESSES YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION SAYS
THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO BE HAPPENING THESE DAYs
I LOOK TO THE SKY AND ASK JESUS WHY
WILL YOU NOT TELL THE SCIENTISTS WHAT TO DO
SO THAT THEY’LL HAVE SOME CLUE
BUT YOU NEVER ANSWER JESUS, DO YOU
I NOW QUESTION THE RELIGION THAT I WAS INGRAINED WITH AS A CHILD
NOT WHAT ONE IS MENT TO DO
I ASK OF THE POPE AND OTHER RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, WHAT IS THE ANSWER
WHERE IS YOUR SAVIOUR NOW WHEN HE IS NEEDED. WILL HE NOT COME DOWN FROM UP ABOVE, AND SHOWER HIS CHILDREN WITH LOVE , AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO GET US THROUGH
ANOTHER LOCKDOWN IN PLACE, MORE BOARDROOM AND INACTIVITY
EMPTY STREETS, SILENT DAYS. NOTHING TO FILL OUR TIME
IS A LOCKDOWN NOTHING BUT DEFERRING THE INEVITABLE
FOR WHEN ITS LIFTED, IT WILL BE LIKE GOING BACK IN TIME
TO MORE STATISTICS WE KNOW WILL BE THERE, BUT WE’D RATHER NOT SEE
WITH TRUMP GONE, THERE GOES SOME FUN, WITH HIS MAD, PSYCHOTIC WAYS
AT LEAST HE WAS A DISTRACTION, FROM WHAT WE ALL FACE
PEOPLE’S PLANS ON HOLD. ALL THE WORLD AFFECTED
WHAT CAN WE DO, NO END IN SIGHT
WHO CAN WE BLAME. WHERE CAN WE POINT THE FINGER AND SAY SHAME
IT WAS YOU
IF YOU DIDN’T DO WHAT YOU DONE, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
YET WHO AM I TO SIT IN JUDGEMENT AND CAST ASPERSIONS WIDE
DO I HAVE THE RIGHT, MAYBE NOT, BUT I DO HAVE MY VIEWS ON WHAT BROUGHT US TO HERE
BUT THAT WILL NOT GET US WHERE WE WANT TO BE. JUST LIKE IT WAS BEFORE WHEN WE WERE FREE
FANCY A WALK, OUT YOU GO. NEED SHOPPING, GO EXPLORE. DYING FOR A BEER, COME ON IN HERE
NOT HOW IT IS NOW
ENFORCED ISOLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT, UNLESS YOUR AN ESSENTIAL WORKER
CAN THERE BE ANY BENEFIT TO THIS. STAY HOME, DO NOTHING AND GET PAID THE GOVERNMENTS SAY
A BOON AND GOD SEND FOR THOSE LOOKING TO TAKE IT EASY AND OPT OUT OF NORMAL LIFE
PLENTY TIME TO SPEND WITH YOUR CHILDREN OR WIFE
BUILD AND NURTURE THOSES RELATIONSHIPS, PERHAPS YOU DID NOT HAVE TIME FOR, BEFORE
UNTIL BEING AROUND THESE OTHERS TOO MUCH, BECOMES NOTHING BUT A CHORE
THEN YOU WANT TO ESCAPE AND DASH OUT THE DOOR
YEARN FOR THAT FREEDOM TO GET AWAY, AND THEN RETURN MORE CALM AND CENTRED, ON ANOTHER DAY
THE LIFE OF RILEY, OTHERS WOULD SAY
YET AS IT CONTINUES DAY AFTER DAY, MAYBE NOT SO GREAT.
OK FOR A DAY OR TWO, MUCH LONGER THAN THAT…….
THE FOOD SHOPPING NOW THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
WHOEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS
AT LEAST THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND. SOME INTERACTION, SOME FUN
MAKES LIFE SEEM JUST A LITTLE NORMAL
GOTTA DASH NOW, THE SUPERMARKET AWAITS
THE EXCITEMENT BUILDS INSIDE MY MIND
A CHANGE OF SCENE, FRESH AIR. FOR AN HOUR OR TWO CORONA VIRUS, I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU.