Inspiration: This is a short poem written for a competition ran by a literary journal. I don't really write a great deal of Poetry but the theme spoke to me. Theme; how Covid-19 has impacted you personally. I choose to write my true feelings about dealing with my mental health condition.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMSgaum7vm
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWFZSOqlxL
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPITrKkkK6
But that only makes me feel worse.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wvyj6B8uZ
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9qhUu0J03
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEEp8phxAw
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7IzCpqVxn
How many times can I stomach the same meals?299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyvTlzrnft
That is if I even eat at all.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEmpltuOVB
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How long will this isolation last?299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne8Sy5REch
No one knows the answer.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XlXavOngQ
But I still continue to wonder,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqdM6ELCwk
How long will it be until I am able to stretch my wings again?
If I was an artist, I would paint myself in blue,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqXwFZki7J
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2L2vFKdxz
I could write about my troubles,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5s1IIi7ia
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hpZPMfqLZ
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zuyXCFlnf
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My depression is overwhelming.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe96CW71lqh
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00MjjJA5Ez
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoNotKccJs
It'll all be over soon.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWrIEFTOiQ
But just how long can I keep up this charade?299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2xXvczS26
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEJMCvCWa9
Be strong, I say, for them.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfTDEMxQFO
Focus on staying afloat,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTpmbZEYl3
Even if I have to fake that smile.
and then Add to home screen.