Living With a Pandemic Lurking

The poem and poet merge on the page And the cruel pandemic has its presence Its nature strikes me with dark words of rage Death teases humankind unpleasantly Time's essence is so hard to understand Mighty nature sweeps down on all nations Disinfect your minds; sanitize your hands Dare I make a bleak interpretation? Masks adorn as they do at carnival Protecting cute noses and speaking mouths While the earth appears quite rechargeable And the pandemic makes its way around One day, the pandemic will go away Who knows what nature wishes to convey? Many people are not afraid to go Back to work because they need to support Hungry families with cute kids aglow However, the pandemic risks to thwart Dreams of those who invested their savings Hoping to cash in on all of their work For now people must resist their cravings As savings disappear and the beast lurks The weather, sunny as ever today The countryside was a bright pleasure Yet, the pandemic continued to play Groups of nice youths could not get together Cruel nature seemed different than before As though it had a point to underscore