I lay here alone
as my work stockpiles up-
imagine it done

I'll lift both palms
open them into the sun-
never to be closed

This fourth of July
will we rejoice our freedom-
confined to our home

Hands on the window
I can see people pass by-
we wave now and then

My toes keep curling
when I walk into the yard-
It's warmer here

The pristine blue sky
always outside my window -
is looking gloomy

Enemy moving in
An old friend-
Itching under the skin
Clawing away at marrow

Sleep hollows the mind
Blank of reality-
Ah, but not a sign
Of it making haste anytime soon

Isolation known and welcome
Familiar as it comes-
Although this feeling is all but seldom
Paranoia is beginning to show

Memory of this wrath
Now too real to be past tense-
slinking straight down the path
Once tread and disrupted

Growling straight out of a nightmare
Emanating throughout the room-
This hunger is constantly aware
Though it’s warning is lost to mind

Pain is quite the grounder
A reminder to keep in time-
Stand upright despite the hour
Always alert within these confines