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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.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGwRgGhu2F
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUhbrYhYku
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjusKXyNKB
But that only makes me feel worse.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI07UIjgsWf
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCCQmoteRv
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCVe1CnSfx
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0ExDJc8rS
How many times can I stomach the same meals?288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HRuSju5UV
That is if I even eat at all.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ON7VQhOW4
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How long will this isolation last?288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2v28S6n62
No one knows the answer.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnwuDsBJvn
But I still continue to wonder,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P4unJfb51
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,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWyGQ68vIg
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLkDcAa4Vm
I could write about my troubles,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQzJgffeqx
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGL5asJvlE
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVqUyma1gi
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My depression is overwhelming.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGalVTZlLU
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCj3AaBl5xZ
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QUEVe7Hd5
It'll all be over soon.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3DbhQS0U8
But just how long can I keep up this charade?288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjW5iCUxqg
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6gOTZppwm
Be strong, I say, for them.288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iCJ38GQx8
Focus on staying afloat,288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqoC4i3epB
Even if I have to fake that smile.
