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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14EFRdwMvu
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNuW64goOa
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eAkp5Rs6H
But that only makes me feel worse.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBGZqm3IKC
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCUwGaUuGH
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZz4fBTPCw
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoePhL6ItM
How many times can I stomach the same meals?299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOB3gZZwnA
That is if I even eat at all.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhckWMCJ5fJ
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How long will this isolation last?299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWiE6PMYew
No one knows the answer.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4suXBuHeE
But I still continue to wonder,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSZu6ngEix
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL2NUpyKhj
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDzdtUshC2
I could write about my troubles,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fHNc5Rv7A
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BBp1mLTlp
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufBpScD0lB
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My depression is overwhelming.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCZE8Dxskt
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxootOMBjBS
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9SVJBDXIE
It'll all be over soon.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3UXThHiO8
But just how long can I keep up this charade?299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaTXwMu2fN
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjARK1ozFJ3
Be strong, I say, for them.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgwqFS7Y1c
Focus on staying afloat,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlcNf7f2pT
Even if I have to fake that smile.
