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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.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Cup0rKCEP
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwllaHbxNW9
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡng2v9ZW0rU
But that only makes me feel worse.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgMmnwkujq
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3qbx9nkOL
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5C8jeIyvwV
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWOju1DReQ
How many times can I stomach the same meals?296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZO1kn3Bm0
That is if I even eat at all.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL3PHGIlmI
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How long will this isolation last?296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9RGOoBEO0
No one knows the answer.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7DMQH1r8H
But I still continue to wonder,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vlP388CFE
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,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mfPzb8ft4
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mw0k45s3R
I could write about my troubles,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrpG2ZXAES
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB926xWjo9
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPNWVQKBYL
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My depression is overwhelming.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRdsa4Hflu
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTijXg6UPBO
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9O9slNvlWb
It'll all be over soon.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTFGn595Vg
But just how long can I keep up this charade?296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNPC8mTr29
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K6AQL0qYb
Be strong, I say, for them.296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwQWlgap0I
Focus on staying afloat,296Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8V7CHGabA
Even if I have to fake that smile.
