Never Seen One Before Now
They are dying all over in alleyways
But there is little caring about it.
They are they.
I am me.
The schools shut down for six weeks.
I am shocked, but not yet horrified.
It affects me,
But not in a horrific way yet.
The statistics on TV are frightening
Yet how can I believe in a virus or a pandemic?
We have never had one before.
I shelter-in, not believing in such things.
People argue it is affecting all of us.
Not me; I live in the country. I feel safe.
I refuse to be involved. Covid19 does not affect me.
I am staying behind my mask and my gloves, feeling silly.
A friend calls.
Her father has passed from it, she cannot see him.
I finally see the trueness.
Every single fiber of this has affected me after all.
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