A Phoenix in Isolation

A Phoenix in Isolation

Smeet Solanki

Fell asleep to a good night kiss,

thinking about a morning of bliss.

Thought of waking to the sun,

oblivious, of what was to come.

T’was a bright sunlit day,

yet people had nothing to say.

Resources depleting,

and the elderly are suffering.

Doctors are caged inside hospitals feeling punished.

Their hearts desire to re­unite, and no longer be banished.

Hospitals all around – low on ventilators,

T’is only time before we lose our defibrillators.

Social distancing: a luxury not everyone can afford,

yet those having this are so frantic to abort.

Disney bared of magic, New York with no more traffic,

never imagined, a pandemic this tragic.

Petrified to catch the unwanted,

can’t imagine a thing so haunted.

Always heard environmentalists complaining,

never considered future generations suffering.

Air Pollution and CO2 are falling,

maybe it’s time we quit this brawling?

They say its god’s plan, yet they’re still conspiring,

but it’s nature that retaliates and whispers “I’m reawakening”.

COVID­19: nature’s craft for the beginning,

the phoenix wonders what humanity will be like...towards the world ending.

Smeet Solanki is a McMaster University undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour. This year, Solanki had the opportunity to shadow a neurosurgeon, not only having the chance to learn about the brain, but also exposed them to the Canadian medical system. Since high school, Solanki has worked very closely in the hospital environment and have familiarized themselves with the norm of the hospital atmosphere.

Photo by Piron Guillaume on Unsplash.