Showing posts with label Covid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covid. Show all posts

Saturday, July 9, 2022

Summer Is Here - Covid Be Gone


 Photo by Ethan Robertson on Unsplash

Summer Is Here

 

Covid be gone

summer is here

I've more important

things to do

and now, no fear

 

just listen

hear the winds howl,

gust and blow

hot air above one hundred

sweltering and sultry beyond words

 

Covid be gone

it's too beautiful to be pallid

the waves crash

whitecaps on an evergreen sea

so just leave me be

 

palm trees wave

but never sway

their trunks stand tall,

even in a squall

or hurricane come this fall

 

flowers are bright

as the bee's light

hear the bird song

the frogs' croak

nature, so full of hope

 

Covid be gone

it's time you departed

for regions unknown

health and happiness

God's promise, our own.

***

Yolanda Renee © 2022




Monday, June 27, 2022

Covid Is Here

 


Photo by Sarah Kilian on Unsplash


COVID IS HERE

 

Contemplating life

pondering death

all because

Covid is here

touching all things

I hold dear

I did my best

followed all the rules

used all the tools

vacce'd and masked

still, it pierced my defenses

now I face all the consequences

 

Covid is here

as it ravages and burns

I've come to terms

there will be no rest

not with this unwelcome guest

so I stumble and stagger

a human half dead

filled with disease

and plenty of dread

 

Covid is here

It haunts through the night

tossing and turning

my body fights

this invasive intruder

as it tests and taunts

all my weakest spots

the pain unbearable

the rest denied, unendurable

 

Covid is here

and I'm trying to survive

praying for reprieve

I have to believe

all my preparations

will eventually payoff

but days in

this evil is not backing off

and I've no more tools

 

Covid is here

It's not fair

I did everything right

but no matter the caution,

or how hard you fight

this sneaky devil

always had you in its sights

 

Covid is here

a parasite that

subjugates your body

befuddles your brain

I thank God

at least

the soul is free

of this unholy beast

 

Please understand

I don't fear death

I'd welcome the change

I just don't want

to give Covid

any more fame!

***

Yolanda Renee © 2022


STAY SAFE!