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.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMEDR0mpkB
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIW6PZsH2T
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBGCMLOL56
But that only makes me feel worse.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNK7mUTXa37
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCJ1wHKfLS
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e29PDgm5X
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKHASqhW6Z
How many times can I stomach the same meals?280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4dqusqS3y
That is if I even eat at all.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDLbf2kgP3
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How long will this isolation last?280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvL9c8g9OW
No one knows the answer.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Oop9Ild4E
But I still continue to wonder,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XmQe5xBsO
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,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B8y2Cpo0a
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxR6h0C5Kl
I could write about my troubles,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1YFgoOY22
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQmC2si9vP
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKFWde2DPV
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My depression is overwhelming.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE16N5TiZzI
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXL78wZHSt
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlpYjCToIC
It'll all be over soon.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05FMcfrya3
But just how long can I keep up this charade?280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4lNqsPyPz
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6GGGy8Gvs
Be strong, I say, for them.280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNIRIGfMVm
Focus on staying afloat,280Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xdOOulle3
Even if I have to fake that smile.
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