Covid Reminiscent

I sit here, confined in the safety of my own home A compromise so I do not join the dead beyond these four walls in the beginning, I admit nothing could scare me, my pride, a blindfold to the fear that eats me up inside But here I sit, motionless and transfixed on a buffering connection the air, cold and static my heart offbeat to the world that encases it I hear how loud silence is now and I feel mesmerised by it I spent the day looking at screens walking through my thoughts dreaming about faces I love now all strange and distant