COVID-19 By GIGI DAVEDA BOHANNON
WE NEVER SAW IT COMING LIKE A TIDAL WAVE, A DRY TSUNAMI TAKING LIVES BY THE MILLIONS NO END IN SIGHT…GROCERY STORES EMPTY HAS GOD TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS???
CHURCHES CLOSED, CLUBS CLOSED AND SO ARE THE MALLS
DINERS SHUT DOWN, BARS UNATTENDED, LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL YA’LL!!
MAIL UNDELIVERED, MEAT SUPPLY GONE IN THE WORDS OF MARVIN GAYE, “WHAT
THE FUCK IS GOING ON?”
WITH THE NATION AT A STAND STILL NO TIME FOR UNREST
POLICE SHOOTINGS, UNJUST KILLINGS, THE LAW IS STANDING ON OUR NECKS
VIOLENCE ERUPTS FOR THE WORLD TO SEE CITIES ON FIRE AS PROTESTORS
TAKE OVER THE STREETS!
IT’S CAPUTURED ON CELLPHONE CAMERAS FOR THE WORLD TO BEHOLD
HAIL TO COVID-19 SOILDERS READY FOR WAR WITH NO PLACE TO GO
BUT READY TO FIGHT THE CAUSE OF
BLACK LIVES MATTER READY TO FIGHT JIM CROW HATRED UNTIL IT’S FOREVER SHATTERED
READY TO FIGHT UNRIGHTEOUS POLICING
UNTIL LAWS ARE CHANGED
READY TO VOTE UNTIL OUR NATION IS REARRANGED
NON-VIOLENCE PROTEST IS A THING OF THE PAST
WITH COVID-19, WE HAVE GUNS…AND A MASK
RAISED FISTS GOING UP, JIM CROW STATUES COMING DOWN
COVID-19, YOU’VE DONE YOUR JOB, EXIT NOW!!!
STUCK IN THE HOUSE, NO PLACE TO GO WHO’S LIVING IN THE NEXT ROOM
I DON’T KNOW?
IS THAT YOUR SON, YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR HUSBAND MAYBE
A LOCKDOWN LIKE THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME COVID-19 BABIES
STUDENTS IN SCHOOL BUT STAYING AT HOME TEACHERS AT SCHOOL ALL ALONE ZOOMING BY INTERNET TO CREATE TOMORROW’S LEADERS
FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE ARE TODAY’S DREAMERS
MASK UP!...SANITIZE DOWN!!...SIX FEET APART!!!...THE TRUMPET SOUNDS
THIS INSIDIOUS VIRUS CREEPS AND CRAWLS TAKING DOWN GOVERNMENTS LIKE A JUNK YARD DAWG
NO HANDLE TO HOLD, NO WAY TO CONTROL
NO VACCINE TO CONTAINE, IT’S A RUNAWAY TRAIN
HOW DO WE ADJUST TO COVID-19
STAY ON LOCKDOWN AND LET GO OF OUR DREAMS
DARE WE LOOK TO TOMORROW IN HOPES OF A YESTERDAY
WHEN UNMASKED LIVING WAS THE NATURAL WAY
WHEN DO WE REUNITE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR A WARM EMBRACE
TO SEE AN UNMASKED SMILE TO APPRECIATE
TO LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING AGAIN
TO THROW CAUTION EFFORTLESSLY TO THE WIND
HOPEFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY THE END IS NEAR THE DISH WE’VE BEEN SERVED IS RARE BUT CLEAR: LIVE….EVERYDAY LOVE…EVERYDAY LAUGH…EVERYDAY NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
AUTHOR--GIGI DAVEDA BOHANNON
September 22, 2020 Copyright September 24, 2020