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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.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6pO0fQuTv
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1yaZntige
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRRUaCEwKl
But that only makes me feel worse.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMkydRZknd
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoEQufwLzs
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKY9TiS4BMi
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciBe1IqQSK
How many times can I stomach the same meals?268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYyv5gNQLR
That is if I even eat at all.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqH4d2Z6GX
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How long will this isolation last?268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvpoEaMoUf
No one knows the answer.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkNrED8zid
But I still continue to wonder,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO3kxGEk71
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,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7k47kixZ2
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFYxv5tJC2
I could write about my troubles,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTAO6yXgAS
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6YeSlgKsN
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxswn63L5L1
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My depression is overwhelming.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5BcJJSi78
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Zl1eYNvh0
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d9BD8bieT
It'll all be over soon.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4TzXIEQ0z
But just how long can I keep up this charade?268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0nK1GGFa8
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4YmucKq9m
Be strong, I say, for them.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF5IIRFFXl
Focus on staying afloat,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn2cSdNNji
Even if I have to fake that smile.
