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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.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3d0NLIwLR
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95GDf4jUQu
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWevrKRG2p
But that only makes me feel worse.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNctWEFhvLi
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuxnigWnxh
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw3huHNAcq
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfmFqL0S7R
How many times can I stomach the same meals?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7jvOrHOBZ
That is if I even eat at all.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55jmebgNnM
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How long will this isolation last?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsArKllZRR
No one knows the answer.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xa9Iq5tgI
But I still continue to wonder,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡax5KFoC5K6
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,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhdZAliQZM
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0Txn54EDJ
I could write about my troubles,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2f4YhaoPi
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1cnCOSldU
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdZwdERhrR
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My depression is overwhelming.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0Sq2AlpJN
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJaaNPFjNn
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3QKSp6JRQ
It'll all be over soon.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71Lqv77EKx
But just how long can I keep up this charade?295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyROH8VmqL3
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79V3UEsYRg
Be strong, I say, for them.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGdM0efAgI
Focus on staying afloat,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbMOQ6o8UX
Even if I have to fake that smile.
