Rage of Mortal Despair

Verdant hills fluttered whispers of amber winds And flowers too smiled on the face of morning Yet, nothing was the same in season’s dawning Disfigured by blemish on visage of new spring When shadows of death spread indiscriminately As a pernicious virus began flexing its virulence. Spirits started to dampen bearing helpless sighs When a doctor, quite distressed, took her own life-- Like a sentry she guarded her intubated ward Yet, one by one, they were dying on her watch As corridors of hospitals became makeshift morgues And a stygian night killed a child in her arms While someone’s grandma without closure passed Longing to hug her grandchild for one last time Too weak to raise her hand for a final goodbye. Forces of doom continue to traverse worldwide Stymying the tempo of commercial enterprise And darkness defies astral aura of heavens above Ravaging relentlessly millions and millions of lives As rage of mortal despair endlessly smolders on. November 7, 2020 Placed 1st: Eight word challenge 11 poetry contest Sponsor: John Hamilton Given words are presented in the following order: BLEMISH, VISAGE, PERNICIOUS, DAMPEN SENTRY, TRAVERSE, ENTERPRISE, ASTRAL