How can this be real It must be some kind of hoax, I feel I don’t know anyone affected For a pandemic it’s not what I expected If it’s that bad shouldn’t I know someone in peril Who knew going through this would test our mettle
Soon after, the stay-at-home order came Since, nothing has been the same Hopefully for not too long My desire to get back-to-normal is strong A week or two, what’s the distress We will do our best Spring cleaning, family time, honey-dos Keep busy, stave off the blues Days became weeks and then months Weren’t we free to come and go, once Notes by mail, driveway chats, phone calls Trying to say connected, tried them all
Still I sit alone in my house Praying for word from my spouse Or someone else who can’t sleep Yet here I sit not hearing a peep Why don’t you call or come by to see I miss you terribly, don’t you miss me My mind runs amok Filled with stupid junk Did you see I called, can’t you tell I need to talk Am I too much trouble, did you balk Further away I feel us all part All the while it’s breaking my heart But then my phone rings Or messenger will ding Oh, what happiness it brings Oh, how it makes my heart sing It’s just a video, pass it on to 10 more All of which I ignore For those few seconds there’s a spark That there’ll be someone to pull me from the dark
Once again, I find myself alone This sadness is not how I’m usually prone There’s too much drama, too many tears You’ve run off your family and friends are my fears Get ahold of yourself, go do Keep busy, stop feeling blue With this virus nothing is normal or real And until normal returns I struggle with how I feel. So many things have been taken away I want to collect those that I love and bring them home to stay For there I’ll know all is fine And I can finally stop going out of my mind