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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.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujVOtPSPi3
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSofKZ5lLqs
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwTeW19olZ
But that only makes me feel worse.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6V7obOPYU
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDsNRCZOEB
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYhMnHyNAk
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPw64HT0yi
How many times can I stomach the same meals?228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRJvAY0ASJ
That is if I even eat at all.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx606zTOrR
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How long will this isolation last?228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKIbC3NtkM
No one knows the answer.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYW9D64lrs
But I still continue to wonder,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPkPMIJSP7
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,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWPFXxeaDA
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6O0cUlnjq
I could write about my troubles,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ASSUGa1H1
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC64nG98ORe
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIS5ARWhD7
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My depression is overwhelming.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGFH5CZxvW
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1e9uvSoVi
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS61NfbTZ6R
It'll all be over soon.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGx9L0EOTj
But just how long can I keep up this charade?228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdDbQZz9QU
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbClJAyXF8Y
Be strong, I say, for them.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMztlrSc22S
Focus on staying afloat,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63r5AjjvlC
Even if I have to fake that smile.
