Covid Unit

Coming home again and down I go The long basement stairs I always feel alone Knowing there's no One who even knows How much I tried, before they died, to care or show When will this nightmare end... Every winter, here it comes again.... Strangers laughing to themselves and then... I want to hide. Started with such pride To give back to those I loved Now I'm ready to give up It's not like me But this enemy Does not fight fair The rooms are bare Where my heart once bloomed And I learned anew With all my friends Now it's pretend