#socialdistancing
These days there's so much emphasis
on social distancing and self isolation
it seems the authorities are taking a
hint from me with all of that regulation.
Though it's obvious to note we're told
to do it because of the corona virus;
well, it just so happens I've been doing
that for years, without all of the fuss.
But, whether we like to admit it or not
all people carry with them their own
type of contagious something or other
defining their life by which it's known.
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Nov 1, 2020
Nov 1, 2020 at 9:56 PM UTC
Lawrence Hall
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poeticdrivel.blogspot.com
Social Distancing is a Gilligan’s Island Re-run
Because the CV has cancelled new shows
And yet another Monday night football game
Life is a Gilligan’s Island re-run
Until for non-payment the service is stopped
For we are all on an island of isolation
Even if the Professor builds us a TV
Of palm leaves, cowrie shells, and Ginger’s pins
While Mary Anne crochets a mask for her navel
Maybe a ship will rescue us today
But will it take us back to where we were?
Oct 13, 2020
Oct 13, 2020 at 7:33 AM UTC
Green, long grass.
Fields tamed by stone walls
Fences twisted by stray twigs.
Breeze that brushes through
Cows' ears and lambs' wools
Strokes my hair as I stare
With glee knowing that we
Are joined by this same sensation.
Perhaps they avoid stepping on bluebells
And then regrettably flatten buttercups
like me.
Might they not step on the cracks
between stones,
As I do not step on cracks between drains?
We share the same fear as other
humans approach,
Ready to flee if they come too close.
For they could be the death of us
Or we the death of them.
Once this fearful distance is breached
What will happen then?
Jul 13, 2020
Jul 13, 2020 at 5:40 AM UTC
Remember when you used to be so close?
Your hands only reaching mine
but already touched my soul.
Now I couldn’t even breathe in your way.
When did the world become this cruel?
I miss the way you feel.
How you used to send chills down my spine.
How nothing else matters
whenever our bodies intertwine.
You’re just inches away.
But feel like a million miles apart.
How did we end up like this?
I want a restart.
Living without you, I guess I have to learn how.
Our hearts cannot be together anymore,
it’s my new normal now.
Jun 27, 2020
Jun 27, 2020 at 11:45 AM UTC
Enslaved and encaged for uncountable days and years,
They treated us like animals.
Those brutal hands tried to crush the mob to the vile dust
Lately though....we woke up.. from the slumber....
Then they couldn't stop the reawakened mob from seeking freedom.
The fresh air was ours again
The land was once again restored to build our own nests
We were free.
Sadly
Yet again..an invisible bug has encroached our land
Trying to test our patience
Yet again....we are enslaved
Yet again....our air is not safe to breathe
Can we gain our freedom back?
We can...
We can...
Yes....we can
Stand for yourself
Stand for your family
Stand for your country
This time our motherland may not require your blood.
Start the Social distancing movement and not the Non-cooperation Movement.
Ignite the Hand washing March rather putting your Hands Up
Unmask the foe by wearing a mask.
Our motherland will certainly wake up to a new morning
Where the air will be fresh to breathe,
Where the land will be free for the crowd to move,
Where we again meet and enjoy gatherings
Because...it is humans
Who could
Who can
And who will always work night and day to fight out those cruel foreigners from our land!!
Bina Mukherjee
Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020 at 4:03 PM UTC
Does wearing a mask make you ill?
Are you a social distancing hater?
Then imagine how you'll feel
Being put on a ventilator
© 2020 Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Jun 23, 2020
Jun 23, 2020 at 1:12 AM UTC
Darling........stay far away from Me,
for a few days More.
Until The Monster,
reduces it's victims Score.
We should not hold Hands,
in times like This.
No more Nights,
of Midnight Bliss.
The World is freaked out,
with the ****** Virus.
It hasn't spared Tom,
**** Harry nor Cyrus.
It will be lingering for a While,
like Viruses usually Do.
Then leaving Us for Good,
when We discover a Vaccine or Two.
So hold on to your kisses,
until this Nightmare gets Over.
Then U can pass them to Me,
your sweet, sweet Lover.
Jun 14, 2020
Jun 14, 2020 at 3:26 AM UTC
As I got off the tube in London and
Climbed my way onto the ground I saw,
The increasingly tempestuous but melodious
rain collide with Thames like shiny little gems.
The aroma of sweetness abroad the air,
Led me to a small bakery on a secluded street,
And through the display window I saw you,
Sweeter than any pie, cupcake or pastry.
Jun 13, 2020
Jun 13, 2020 at 8:32 AM UTC
feeling lonely
less a part
my sanity left when this started
its so sad
because I'm sociable
its so sad
because my desires involve being with others
its so sad
because outside is a danger now
and how i thrive is going out and seeing people
going to public areas
talking at bars
socializing at restaurants
its so sad
because i don't know when this will end
quarantine has ****** me
and its so sad
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020 at 3:08 PM UTC
The days go by anticipating darkness's embrace The nights await a light that never comes by.
As all days of the week morph into one,
Life has achieved a stillness, running love dry.
May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020 at 10:38 AM UTC
I thought my eyes would burn.
Its been a month and more
Since I stepped outside.
Forgot what it feels like
To have the sky overhead.
Its been days
Since the rays of the sun
Poured into my room.
What with untimely rains
And sandstorms.
Today, as my room lit up
With the yellow bright sun.
I stepped into it.
And looked outside my window.
I thought my eyes would burn.
Compel me to shut them.
But instead, I joyously stared
Like they have been craving
For that bright heat.
The yellow light.
The clear sky.
Apr 27, 2020
Apr 27, 2020 at 8:13 AM UTC
Spring snow chills the mind,
Environmental measured
Social distancing.
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020 at 2:57 PM UTC
dreams in sight
stagnate
why am i falling ? ,
every time i take a step i find
myself back in this room
white walled white washed
whites of my eyes,
half asleep in the
wake of what we could be doing.
daylight hours endless night.
stay apart if we
ever want to meet again.
Apr 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020 at 1:10 AM UTC
We wanted to be left alone,
Now we want company.
We nagged for personal space,
We want to be around many.
Were we made to bond,
Or were we made to detach?
This is the mystery of life,
From Adam and Eve to the latest batch.
We cursed that paradise was lost,
When Adam bit the apple.
How long it is taking us
To restore this planet, is a baffle.
We use up everything earth gives us.
We spare not a single resource.
And now look at us isolating,
Like forbidden prisoners behind trap doors.
Apr 6, 2020
Apr 6, 2020 at 6:34 AM UTC
Physical distance
can never undo
the physics of God
© Qwey.ku
Apr 5, 2020
Apr 5, 2020 at 8:06 AM UTC
there is light at the end
But I am blinded before
I see darkness around
Shadows dragging me down
When will this end
How long to wait
*Patience is dying breed
Time stops as I bleed
The floor is pristine white*
The numbers are multiplying
The news is devastating
*I am at my home
Trying to catch my breath*
Neighbours are distant
Four feet away is miles apart
My phone rings on
This life is breath-taking
I am zoned out
The doors are locked
The empty streets and fridge
*There is no more than eyes meet
The same music on repeat.*
It is spreading like wildfire
Precious lives are in danger
*Difficult times ahead
No one is prepared
Hoping to give a tough fight.*
Apr 5, 2020
Apr 5, 2020 at 6:29 AM UTC
What happened to those eyes full of laughter
Passed on one generation after
Be ceased for all,
For not following something that had to be done afterall
So people its time to wake
do not put each others life at stake
Time to be aware
but don't to be scared
It is time to co-operate
as something cannot be any late
Practice hygiene
that essential lesson which was taught in tween !
Nobody is keen
to live in quarantine
But it has to be followed
to continue life which is mellow
As they say,a person one in a million
One with a queer attitude
Will help us avenge this feud
But what about the remaining billion
Can't they uproot this villain!
So the virus shall die
To complace all those cries
For that shouldn't go vain
As it all revolves around our brain
Whatever might be the fate
But remember it's never too late
However far we stay
But we want to accomplish the same
The thirst must be quenched
For once the Earth must be avenged TOGETHER...
Mar 25, 2020
Mar 25, 2020 at 1:04 PM UTC
Got to sleep in a old holler log
With my rifle, my pipe and my dog.
As you city-folk know,
She's a hard row to ***
Dang Corona done slaughtered ma hog.
Mar 25, 2020
Mar 25, 2020 at 11:04 AM UTC
I've never realised,
that I can laugh as hard
with my family,
just like I do with my friends.
Mar 24, 2020
Mar 24, 2020 at 11:23 AM UTC
The days are becoming too many bricks
through one window
or too much hornet soju before hitting
the next noodle spot.
Old news like the petrichor.
The walls are screaming "pick up the pen"
like it's so simple to not sip the sickness
out of this distance and call it a friend.
Mentally melting,
sell it quick,
sell it quicker.
The market's on nose-dive.
Stuck and helpless but on a slow climb
to mindful of what "self-as-center" gets.
I guess this isnt idleness...
Mar 22, 2020
Mar 22, 2020 at 4:39 PM UTC
I’m sitting here counting the hours,
This isolation, it’s ominous
You have started creeping into my thoughts
A drug that I have surmounted.
I still remember the days,
It hurts, to open the boxes,
That I had put away,
Deep inside the abyss of my mind.
And I go outside and run, they're playing our song,
I reach the hill where we last met,
I scream at the top of my lungs,
Can’t handle this regret.
I look in the mirror,
And see an old man,
In a young man’s body,
This social distancing, it’s menacing.
I should have never left you,
I was a young and foolish,
I thought I could have,
Carried on without you.
And I shut myself in, they're playing our song,
I get high, why did you take that jet,
I scream at the top of my lungs,
Can’t handle this regret.
Mar 22, 2020
Mar 22, 2020 at 3:20 PM UTC
help stop coronavirus - public service senryu
real danger that lurks
moments of forgetfulness—
wash your hands often
real danger that lurks
moments of forgetfulness—
cough into elbow
real danger that lurks
moments of forgetfulness—
stop touching your face
real danger that lurks
moments of forgetfulness—
stay six feet apart
real danger that lurks
moments of forgetfulness—
feel sick then stay home
© 2020 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
The 5 precautions are part of a public service announcement Google is running. May we all keep ever vigilant in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 18, 2020
Mar 18, 2020 at 10:52 PM UTC
Crazy COVID-19 has us all in a tizzy
Too much information making all of us dizzy
Most who’ve been exposed self-quarantine
Running out of toilet paper making us mean
“Social distancing” is the phrase du jour
Scientists now scrambling to find the cure
Hurry!
(Chorus)
COVID-19 apolitical
Proper testing so critical
Slow response hypocritical
Naysayers hypercritical
Division and strife
Don’t take my life
Give it back!
What started out in China as an epidemic
No respecter of nations totally pandemic
All around the world countries shutting down
Even New York City looks like a ghost town
Is there no end to this viral mess
As our way of life’s forced to evanesce?
Scary!
(Chorus)
COVID-19 apolitical
Proper testing so critical
Slow response hypocritical
Naysayers hypercritical
Division and strife
Don’t take my life
Give it back!
© 2020 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Mar 17, 2020
Mar 17, 2020 at 11:41 PM UTC
don't go outside
dare you step outside of your dwelling
you will fall victim to the pandemic
it will take your freedom
stay inside, stay inside, stay inside
foolish are you if you so choose to venture to the market
everywhere you go feels abandoned
all the shelves are emptied of things that were previously
overstocked...
don't
go
outside
Mar 15, 2020
Mar 15, 2020 at 7:03 PM UTC