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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw2IFU5l03
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGB1Ulv2Kb
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm5tx5Rx9F
But that only makes me feel worse.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LW0jeYt1P
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75UklT7EfE
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3r8lfrHlJ
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvtVe8ONbW
How many times can I stomach the same meals?389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsbSfCebJd
That is if I even eat at all.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwHoNtbTGV
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How long will this isolation last?389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeWTsyvY3c
No one knows the answer.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGXWbYICix
But I still continue to wonder,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhAhgcso81
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,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDU0kyfvtO
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPhSarNmda
I could write about my troubles,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tmvxzR1d5
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUZsTXAXLh
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoDBvpUzYd
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My depression is overwhelming.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtAIGdVxO1
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVquya37Ps
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6ywJHWs4y
It'll all be over soon.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JAm7bLw6I
But just how long can I keep up this charade?389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2efqTtnojS
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqOk8o3PjD
Be strong, I say, for them.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7YCRabmYW
Focus on staying afloat,389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2XceLxD9R
Even if I have to fake that smile.
and then Add to home screen.