Save The Children

dramatic

the disease is scary, sure

but the drama scares me more

the drama leads to quarantines

panicked people with panicked dreams

fretting over everything

because they can't make sense of anything

the drama leads to misconceptions

they don't seem to get the message

"just wash your hands and it will all be fine"

but people still think we're all going to die

the drama leads to shutting down

early curfews in every town

stocks are crashing, money runs low

we'll start losing jobs and then it'll blow

the drama leads to uncertainty

does the government even know what they're doing?

will the doctors ever find a cure?

or will we forever remain unsure?

the drama leads to the media lying

blowing up stats to make us start crying

because even though most people will recover,

they talk as if death is what comes right after

the drama is what's causing the crisis

the tensions were so high that all it needed was a virus

to get us started, to rile everyone up

and now that we've started, we can't seem to stop.

A/N from the future: Just wanted to pop in and say that I wrote this poem wayyyy back in March 2020 when the situation wasn't that serious in the US (where I live) and before I knew all the details of how bad this pandemic actually was. You can probably tell that this is about me thinking that everyone's being super overdramatic about everything, and that is the reason why. But I also wanted to say that Isha from the future knows and understands the full gravity of the situation and the fact that being "overdramatic" probably actually saved hundreds of lives. So yeah, go ahead and thank all the nurses, doctors, and essential workers in your life, because they're literally keeping the world afloat and preventing humanity from collapsing...

So yeah, props to them!

And that's pretty much it for this author's note (I really didn't know how to end it, sorry).

Stay safe y'all!