Two orphan girl-angels ill-affected,
Got admitted in a Corona- Ward;
Joy and Jay, like no one's pets, dejected,
Surrendered, like old nuns, wholly to God...
Their pains to minimize the doctors tried,
Though each doctor had thousands to attend;
Like fish without water Joy and Jay throbbed,
Like mariners, each flaw, doctors did mend...
It's at night Joy saw Jay growing breathless,
No oxygen left; like a corpse, she lay;
She cried; none around to assist; helpless,
Dared to fix her own oxygen on Jay...
When the crew had found Joy alive no more,
And her Oxygen mask on Jay well fixed;
They wept, as though they'd lost a warrior,
And ensured that in Jay, Joy ever lived.
01 June 2021
Alone
Unaccompanied, Unsocial
Lonely and Unique
These are emotions
I do not seek
Discontent
Disgruntled, Dissatisfied
Ill-affected and Restless
One more emotion
That remains to exist
Fear
Concern, Dread
Reverence and Fright
Something I feel
Almost every night
Forfeit
Forgo, Give up
Sacrificed and Lost
These emotions must end
At any cost
Ashamed
Disgraced, Dishonered
Embarrassed And Mortified
I often want to run
Run away and die
Delirious
Frantic, Ill
Mad and Sick
The wall around me
Getting thick
Block
Barricade, Forget
Immobiize and Freeze
Who needs to live
With Emotions like these
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