We all feel down and lonely
A pandemic is on the loose
It’s called COVID-19
Our leaders seem obtuse

Originated in China
Took the world by storm
Made doomsday a reality
Spread like a thunderstrorm

This is the world we live in
This is our reality
A small cough can go a long
way
Causing a tragedy

This is a collapse of society
This is a recession
The collapse of world
markets
The new great depression

Trapped inside
Feel the world’s about to end
Terrified
Of what will happen next

Great divide
Among our countrymen
Amplified
The threat of apocalypse

As we stay home in
quarantine
Contemplating the spread of
corona
The truth becomes clear to
us
We are a persona

One of greed and cruelty
And irresponsibility
The environment healing
from abuse
Ordained for “civility”

Life is all about relationships
Symbiosis helps both people
But in the environment and
politics
What happened to our
principles

The have-nots suffer as the
haves hoard
Some stay home while
others don’t
Medical doctors fight an
uphill battle
Our politicians simply won’t

Trapped inside
Feel the world’s about to end
Terrified
Of what will happen next

Feel defied
As we fail to adopt measures
Fully supplied
In anticipation of the crisis
Trapped inside
Hoping we win this war
Petrified
Of the scary possibilities

Fortified
From the pathogens around
Worldwide
We will vanquish this disease

As things seem to get worse
We must remain in our
bunker
Separate truth from
conspiracy
Never succumb to divide and
conquer

When this neo-apocalypse
ends
We must learn from our
mistakes
Blaming others won’t fix this
We will rise above the stakes