Living In a Pandemic

When the sound of silence, wails
And sobs of crying deafens our fearful minds

Our streets are cold and empty
And there’s no one to be found
Only the shuffling of City workers
As they clean a ghostly  town

Storms are silently raging
Uncertainties abound
My soul is contemplating
Disaster is all around

Eyes steering out at the invisible
Imagining faces they once knew
Smiles gaged to breathless
As death takes our point of view

A virus not only taking bodies
But our laughter and our joy
In dire need of a savior 
We pull a vaccine from the clouds

Ending are here…

Everything is changing fast
Life is not the same
In this New World Order
Vaccination is not a game
If you don’t conform
In darkness, you’ll remain

Someone turned off the sun
And left us in the rain

Storms are silently raging
Uncertainties abound
My soul is contemplating…
The misery life’s become

Everything is changing
Nothing is the same
May the forces protect you
In this viral age

Soundtrack by Ofshane
Written by Arturo Michael

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021



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Date: 1/8/2022 8:09:00 AM
What a great poem...explained so well. Vickie
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Date: 7/15/2021 7:40:00 PM
It seems I am late to your party as well. I also enjoyed the video. It was a great paring. Blessings and Congrats on your POTD.
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Date: 7/14/2021 1:03:00 PM
Arturo, how could I not congratulate you on POTD - I must be honest I have been scarce at times on Soup, as our small business is very demanding and after 30 years in the Medical Industry, although we are a small concern, we are well supported. However, i escape as and when I can to poetry-soup and of course there is a great deal of strife in S. Africa as is shown on news worldwide. Hugs and blessings my friend, Jennifer.
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Date: 7/12/2021 2:16:00 PM
congrats on potd . It's great writing. I guess in some parts of the world where all is shut down, it seems like this. In my state, we have been back to normal for weeks now. Even during last year, I never had anyone getting really sick or dying in my life, so I have not experienced what you are feeling. In fact, I am scared to death I'll have the vaccine forced on me.
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Date: 7/12/2021 10:15:00 AM
Wow.. so sad so true... We need a miracle... now! Well written with plenty of excellent imagery... Ann
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Date: 6/15/2021 12:39:00 PM
Hello Michael, oh so true. Everything is changing. Iam not sure for the better. Although some stores are opened. it is not the shopping malls. they remain closed. Only the stripe malls stores are opened. Only 3 allowed inside. I went to a shoe store and only 4 were allowed in. So sad. Enjoy your dayb my friend.
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Date: 6/7/2021 2:45:00 PM
Sometimes it feels like that. My husband believes the governments are trying to pull the wool over our collective eyes to gain more control of the populace. I believe this virus is no different from any other we have gone through and this vaccination is still in the experimental stage and shouldn't be used on us. Too many people still have adverse reactions to it and many die or are ruined for life by it. Good write my friend, God Bless, JB
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Arturo Michael
Date: 6/9/2021 9:52:00 AM
We need courage, my sister...Thanks for passing.
Date: 6/3/2021 9:27:00 AM
very intense poem but so true. Congratulations on POTD Arturo.
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Date: 6/9/2021 9:51:00 AM
Thanks Nancy... Feelings...
Date: 5/31/2021 8:42:00 AM
Wow ~ awesome poem and artistic rendition. Congrats on your well deserved POTD, Arturo.
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Date: 6/9/2021 9:51:00 AM
Thanks, Line... Good to see you.
Date: 5/27/2021 8:31:00 AM
Wonderful write speaking the truth. Well said Arturo. And congrats on a well deserved POTD. God Bless, JB
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Date: 6/9/2021 9:50:00 AM
Thank you, Judy... These times either make you Big or make you smaller...
Date: 5/20/2021 6:19:00 AM
Congratulations on POTD!
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Date: 5/24/2021 11:25:00 AM
Thank you Kim...All the best.
Date: 5/19/2021 11:35:00 AM
Arturo, Heartfelt and raw. It captures the moments in time and emotions we are experiencing so intimately. Beautiful and sad and revealing. Stay well. Belated congrats on POTD. All the best, Susan :)
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Date: 5/24/2021 11:24:00 AM
Thank you, Susan...I like what you said, "Heartfelt and raw"
Date: 5/19/2021 6:45:00 AM
Aww this poem expresses the misery and dreary calamity feel and scenes that many are facing due to pandemic and i was admiring the turn off the sun lines a lot and the rest in great poetry. Congrats on your POTD honour. Kudos! -------------->>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<< Plz do read and comment my newest poem too.
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Arturo Michael
Date: 5/24/2021 11:23:00 AM
Cool...Will check you out.
Date: 5/16/2021 3:01:00 PM
Coming from someone who battled Covid 19 yet recovered, I heard and felt every word you explicitly expressed here. Thumbs up to this work Arturo!! Still, I'm an optimist so I will say: After a raging storm, sunbeams return!
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Date: 5/17/2021 7:56:00 AM
Yes, you are living proof of it...All the best to you my friend.
Date: 5/15/2021 2:41:00 AM
Oh Wow Arturo, and I missed this gem initially, how silly of me. It is an exquisite and very apt write my dear friend, congratulations on POTD, Hugs and blessings, Jennifer. My poem I will be posting later will explain why I have been off soup for a while.
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Date: 5/17/2021 7:55:00 AM
Thanks, Jennifer...Will check your post now.
Date: 5/14/2021 4:01:00 PM
Belated Kudos, Arturo Pangie xx
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Date: 5/17/2021 7:54:00 AM
Thank you Panagiota...All the best my friend.
Date: 5/14/2021 1:21:00 AM
Very Positive. Beautiful!
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Date: 5/17/2021 7:54:00 AM
Thank you Christuraj...Very nice of you.
Date: 5/13/2021 9:17:00 AM
Sending you congratulations on your POTD, Arturo. The images you create are forceful and powerful. So many wonderful lines touching heart and soul! I like the turn of the poem at the end - a prayer of protection.
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Date: 5/13/2021 1:00:00 PM
I pray it would over...especially when I feel it's out of our hands...Thanks Sam. All the best to you and yours.
Date: 5/12/2021 7:09:00 PM
My dear Arturo, your gifted heartfelt pen captures the fear and misery of the viral age with poetic poignancy. I especially loved; "Someone turned off the sun / And left us in the rain" - this brilliant verse so artfully describes these dark days. Congratulations for POTD, a wonderful honor for this worthy piece. Warmest wishes, mon ami.. ~Susan
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Date: 5/13/2021 12:57:00 PM
What a lovely compliment...Thanks, Susan...Here to me, you are a light. All the best.
Date: 5/10/2021 6:51:00 PM
Hello Arturo ... wonderful descriptive lyrics on what the human race has been forced to put up with for our own good. Nature certainly has a way of evolving and not always for our good - thank you Arturo - Lindsay
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Date: 5/11/2021 5:00:00 PM
Yes...Once it's not manipulated...referring to nature... Anyway, I still have to deal with it. Thanks for stopping by...All the best to you.
Date: 5/10/2021 6:42:00 PM
A marvellous write about the miseries of living through the pandemic Arturo, hopefully we’ll soon be able to live our lives freely. Love the video. Congratulations on poem of the day… Belle
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Date: 5/11/2021 4:57:00 PM
Yes, the miseries...It's going on to be the most fearful years of my life...and it ain't over yet. Thanks, Belle...All the best
Date: 5/10/2021 8:12:00 AM
congrats Arturo on this potd and timely subject matter. FYI I am a minimalist when it comes to traditional medicine but our numbers are still high here and I'm glad I got the vaccine. MRNA vaccines have a unknown plus as they are also good for people who have had skin cancers.
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Date: 5/11/2021 4:55:00 PM
That's great to hear...I got my first shot...didn't feel too bad...I heard the second hurts more...Let's see. Thanks, Nancy...All the best.
Date: 5/10/2021 12:25:00 AM
Excellent ink Arturo, I now only wear a mask when i visit mum in the home, we are covid free here once again and numbers are dropping elsewhere as a result of the mass vaccination programme. many congrats on POTD:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 5/10/2021 12:59:00 AM
Good...We're on that drive on my side of the Earth...Thanks, Jan...Take care.
Date: 5/9/2021 10:12:00 PM
Congrats on your POTD. Wearing a ask is good for you and for others.
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Date: 5/10/2021 12:56:00 AM
Certainly Victor...These are dangerous times... Thanks my friend.
Date: 5/9/2021 10:01:00 PM
Please, ignore the KT, who is one of them....and know that your words hold a truth full of hope. Congrats on your POTD...maskers unite, as we are actually helping with the solution.
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Date: 5/10/2021 12:54:00 AM
Thanks, Jeanne...All the best to you.
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