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Oceara Miedema May 2020
No body gets immunity to a virus against our community.
Virus entering a body.
Virus entering a system, virus coming through your airways.
Making them feel sore.
Like it's happening in many ways.
It cannot function anymore.

Breaking down, breaking down what once was standing.
Breaking down what once stood tall.
Breaking down, a new beginning or ending. With a body that feels small.

I'm in a body floating feeling like a baby.
Bald and always ready.
For the future that's ahead of me.
I'm a newborn like a baby.
The air is fresh around me and my body's drying up.
The virus never kills me, it will eventually just give up.

Like everything that's killing because I'm in here floating peacefully.
I'll send peace towards the sick.
And the virus I will kick.
I am part of a community that is stronger than a building.
And it will always keep on fighting.
Till the end of everything....
The end of everything.
A new beginning?
16-03-20
JW May 2020
right outside our tiny refuge
lives a magnolia tree
strong and beautiful

blossoming only for a handful of days
we find its beauty in pastel colors so brief yet breathtaking
to be adored year after year without fail

only in the perfect spot will a magnolia thrive, your grandma says
how do you know whether you've found it?, i ask
you don't until you plant it, you answer
upon arriving home
i will plant a magnolia tree in a perfect spot
because like our little family's
its merit might be discreet and transient but reliably recurring
InkHarted May 2020
The Convicts and the kingdom
have finally fallen
and the jailbirds will cry
through the iron bars they'll whimper
and concrete towers they built on our graves
are their prisons of solitude
tell the sky she can cry tears of joy
and the rivers to carry them pure
tell the deer that they may roam
without a rifle sighted at their belly
this might not be long or as painful for them
but thank the guardians for giving earth
one last breath of fresh air before
they destroy the world  forever
JW May 2020
when the world burst into flames
you saved yourself
watching as i caught fire

i reached for the saving water,
threw it at you without hesitation

thankfully apologizing
you turned around and walked away

left behind a blazing flame,
a tower of smoke in the dark night sky
reaching for the gleaming stars
The globe is still.
Not for peace, but it's ill
The dwellers of the earth spit hate on man
And in wrath they have sworn to humble us.
Who then rules?
In Dominion we thought we ruled,
But even the tiniest of them has broken us to death.

The royals and the wretched are now humans again,
Gasping now for the same treasure- breath
For unto the pillows they lay now all haste for fame.
And their wealth they sell to fate;
For once, fortune has lost its fragrance,
For even this sword has slain more kings than slaves.

The aged and the young tremble to journey under the Sun;
For within the winds, death swims.
And our friends have become our dreaded foes.
For we know not who bears the enemy in his palms.
From distance we bid them goodwill
Lest,
closer they bring us death.

The globe is still
waiting for her Creator
But then;
What if this is the Creator's wrath?
What if to an end, her Dominion the Creator brings?

Who then does she call to bear her wings?

Perhaps,
The miracle of the moon,
As her children's blood spill over the seas and races.
Perhaps not.

Perhaps,she is her miracle.
For in her last breath she will find her elixir.
And all creation again, shall know the strength of her Dominion:
For it is the Creator's gift.
JW May 2020
the storm was audible
before it presented itself in all its destructive glory
swallowing the sounds of their nervously beating hearts.
the approaching noise was unfamiliar;
not just plain thunder
but the anger and frustration of all greek gods.

knowing they should seek saving shelter,
curiosity carved them in sleek marbel
as dark clouds marched to zeus' beating drums.

staring at the beauty of the possibility of chaos,
hypnotized by a mixture of grey and black,
they thought of what comes after:
the calm, the peace, the reconstruction of the destroyed.

lightning crept dangerously close.
their hearts beating so fast, it hurt.
they shared one last passionate look
as they fell to the ground for an infinite second.

struck by the epiphany,
they quietly whispered:

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joel jokonia May 2020
a little more time ,
that's all we needed.

a little warm hug,
to feel safe at home.
I am afraid. covid 19/lockdown
K Balachandran May 2020
A corona prone red zone.
Nights are no different from days,
Except a peeping moon.
peacholivet Apr 2020
He came forth wrapped in gorgeous beauty
Two and zero and two and zero
Mesmerizing twos and hopeful zeros
Bearing gifts and visions of platinum and gold
Unknown to the world he had conceived three
Hope, faith, and a poisonous third
Super deadly like black bullets in a barrel
Coercing and bullying innocent hearts
It seized a zero in the blessed year
And covered itself in thorny spikes
A beauty in the lab and a monster to man
A stubborn inedible protein on earth
Forcing its way down anhydrous throats
And winding way up the wide nose tunnels
It announced its coming from the farthest east
With no vivid clue it could cross a border
It walked, jumped, and open gates
Broke fortresses and sacred citadels
Marching on like an unstoppable King
Crippling royals and murdering claws
As deadly as hurricanes and mighty tremors
It emptied streets not a soul in sight
Pelicans and parrots covered the sky
Tigers and tortoises owned asphalt
And whales and walruses had a peaceful swim

A new order of brotherly love beckoned
Friends of covid were alien to friends
And complete distancing the newest amour
Hugs and kisses looked gross as evil
The friendly salutations were fast forgotten
Coughs and sneezes were weapons of death
Deadly weapons of mass massacre
Did the pandemic register horror alone?
Shall we reminisce only of the black?
Nay! The other side of the coin remains
Evident as the cloud that covered the view
In the midst of the live tumultuous chaos
A white dove warbled a song of hope
A white flag signaled the newest dawn
The retina of nations opened widest
Streams and rivers danced in the dessert
Winter shone bright and hot as the sun
And stones became the king’s edible
Inventions never ceased in America
And innovations flooded the soils of Africa
Is this the awakening forefathers chanted?
Should we be ecstatic of the brand new day?
What shall be said of the leader today?
Did he see the summer snow?
See the beauty in the storm
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