I Too Wanna Live
[Please note: I wrote this as it is important to see reality from the point of view of the virus as nature does not exist for our benefit, but has its own purposes.]
I come on the wind,
or in a jet if I must,
for distance, borders,
mean nothing to me--
I will infect you
and turn you into dust
wherever you may flee,
for I am a world traveler,
after all, you see....
And I am arbitrary--
so fickle!
Some of you I will kill,
but most I'll just make ill,
my thrill!
I'm invisible to your eye,
and I don't care much
if you wail, or just sigh,
I have to live too,
don't I?
So fear what you can't see,
for that is me--
your pride got too big
so my ma, Nature,
is gonna make you dig--
for a cure, for a hope,
or else for a grave.
Now don't be a dope,
you ain't no gods,
don't fight the odds--
you wanna live,
and so do I.
Copyright © L. J. Carber | Year Posted 2020
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