COUPLET-19

Two metres apart

 Is where we start 

Then self-isolate 

Before it’s too late 

Wash your hands 

Else virus expands 

Using PPE 

Helps safety 

Society shut 

We all stay put 

Food shops empty 

Used to be plenty 

No supermarket trawl 

Just Internet haul 

But what of the old 

Whose lives now unfold 

There’s no face-to-face 

Nor virtual place 

We laugh, we sing, we joke 

Keeps spirits up for us folk 

Videos to see 

WhatsApp glee 

Woman’s sneeze 

Toddler flees 

Toilet roll 

Not cash he stole 

Human environmental attack 

Pandemic weapon – nature fights back

World at war 

Like never before 

So many go that extra mile 

Never happened for such a long while Good things can come out of so much pain Self-centred actions we all must refrain Once over it’s time to rethink 

As humanity steps back from the brink Wake up call 

For us all

©Marabi Amfaal Hydara

The Humanitarian Poet