A Book of Poems

18. The Second Wave of Covid-19 (composed in May 2021)

More than a YEAR has passed,

not a SINGLE sign of improvement,

as the year BEGAN,
we thought we could REDUCE it.

But instead,

things have WORSENED.

The virus has now reached its most DREADFUL phase yet,

with mutations occurring within minutes you would NEVER forget.

Our country was starting to RECOVER,

then suddenly,

a new WAVE started.

This caused more DEADLY,

more RAPIDLY,

and more STRANGELY occurring symptoms,
  
in those who got INFECTED.

It wasn't really what we had EXPECTED.

Millions of people DYING for oxygen,
thousands of hospitals DESPERATE to buy them.

But unfortunately,
they couldn't afford that much MONEY,

as the population is too LARGE for them to treat.

This virus is so SEVERE,
it is even said to travel through AIR.

No wonder SO many societies are
cautioning people to handle themselves with CARE!

CELEBRITIES, ANCHORS, POLITICIANS, or just CLOSE FRIENDS,

all of them getting infected with CORONA and many DEAD.

We're suffering from great GRIEF right now as months are passing by with this HORRIBLE world calamity,

and pray for the BEST in the coming years,

so that this virus has finally WEAKENED
and we are all FREE.

Fortunately,
we, as 'WISE MEN AND WOMEN',
have the BRAINS to generate ideas
that would help us to fight 
CONFLICTS, PANDEMICS, or any kind of world CATASTROPHE.

Vaccines have GREATLY saved our lives
by BUILDING UP our immunity,

but still,
many are getting SYMPTOMS of the virus and become DECEASED immediately.

We NEVER believed that some small virus could RUIN humanity so greatly-

maybe one day,
we would tell these stories to our CHILDREN and GRANDCHILDREN,

about how much we all tried our BEST to fight with PATIENCE and BRAVERY,

MILLIONS of lives getting saved,

all because of some FAITHFUL souls having the WILL to save mankind.

                                                                                -Maitreyi Verma