Life today has suddenly changed.
Everyone seems so distant and estranged!
We have no choice but to keep ourselves restrained.
...confined to our homes, away from the crowd
As if mankind has been buried in a shroud.

The streets are empty, and so are the malls.
...our enemy, the virus, is playing hardball.

Fighting a battle with Corona isn’t simple.
It’s like fighting your enemy without arms and pistols.
Around the world, the fatalities are rising.
Where or on whom is our enemy disguising?

Counting days, until life rebounds.
...When we can go back to our schools
And be out in the playgrounds.
When there be no one to check us from running around.
No grief, no sorrow, and no loss to surmount.

Love for me is the purest word - that selfless act of caring and giving.
...that unconditional affection that has no limits.
It is that feeling that binds us together and makes this world a happier place.
...A virtue that encompasses kindness, compassion, selflessness, trust, loyalty and much more!

Like the love of a mother for her child...that is patient, forgiving, and never falters.
That endless love that knows no bounds and continues to blossom.

Love exists in different shades
...like the respect that I have for my parents, or my affection towards my little cousin,
...the care and compassion that I give to my dog ...or the passion that I have for sports.

Without love being around, life would be meaningless
Coz life without love is like a tree without blossoms.
We’ll be akin to robots with no feelings involved.
And would I wish for one such life?
Hell no!  It’s futile...it’ll have no meaning.
And this for me would be really grieving.

So this “love” for me is that “essence of life”
...that secret ingredient without which our lives wouldn’t be as sweet
And this will leave me cold feet.
And prompt me further to shake the dust from my feet.