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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.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzm3pz5KnP
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nxx6wETRw
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHwnHa7ekm
But that only makes me feel worse.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0pPPjpKSg
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj8g4Gn7L7
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGJDAZCLUN
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtxuzwHElc
How many times can I stomach the same meals?269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVBKJWtShp
That is if I even eat at all.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOaUz5mzRi
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How long will this isolation last?269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFKL9Atvlc
No one knows the answer.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnn7BrF7WK
But I still continue to wonder,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxQMLx29YZ
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,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYmoQepgq9
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3Y2fbLJ78
I could write about my troubles,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y54KRqi2G
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfj4Hq5M1cn
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPEMeK9KgJ
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My depression is overwhelming.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCpgRMeXiu
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYKS4fkuhs
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYX0Iz9Vn3
It'll all be over soon.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIqjoktoFr
But just how long can I keep up this charade?269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYulRl3c0H
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXC3X6kbLd
Be strong, I say, for them.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNE8La1OSSA
Focus on staying afloat,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpKoNkIG8t
Even if I have to fake that smile.
