Sara Louise Russell Poet Free verse

Without Swimming

Without Swimming
A COVID19 lament by Sara L. Russell 
25/9/20 at 14:01

Half a summer gone by; seamless tropical heat,
birds singing, bees pollinating, flowers blooming
and no swimming. 
All of the pools closed 
for almost four months.

What is a summer without swimming?

"A summer without swimming," she said, is like
a wedding banquet without wine
a main course with no dessert
an empty treasure chest
a lamentable waste of half a year."

In fact, the summer without swimming was like
a grandma never visited by grandchildren
 a wedding with no guests
 a funeral with no mourners
 a church with no congregation
 a sick patient dying alone 
 a nurse dying for her professional calling
 a person with S.A.D. depression self-destructing 
  for lack of swimming
  with red eyes brimming
 for closure of pools
 for closure of beaches
 for closure of everything.

Life’s a beach and then you die.

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Rico Leffanta October 14, 2020 at 11:23 AM Aye, people can walk their dogs but can't jump in the ocean for a swim! COVID-19 can't drown? Aloha! Rico

Silent One October 14, 2020 at 6:48 AM Great poetry and one that everyone can relate to.. Lets hope it gets better, but little sign of that at the moment...