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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.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMyQmGCtcn
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhExIoP8jN1
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdclwSVkPjm
But that only makes me feel worse.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWFahn2kfF
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEHj1xVqZ4
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLbNvEwiDv
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB73kzct6Y3
How many times can I stomach the same meals?256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuC2sNhDj3
That is if I even eat at all.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJnjWRQZ8H
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How long will this isolation last?256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxime1nKAK
No one knows the answer.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrG3jB5FHB
But I still continue to wonder,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoT3NlzdzMj
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,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKILd6YcHo
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl07Y3DppN
I could write about my troubles,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDfzSs64Wq
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNEB8ZefKw
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv215cF3DVI
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My depression is overwhelming.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGO3wOicUU
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nKaTOL5lc
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXXrkAJHDL
It'll all be over soon.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiDJzVbUWm
But just how long can I keep up this charade?256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufPuQNK51P
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWzFsw11hn
Be strong, I say, for them.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUk8m0k2occ
Focus on staying afloat,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bntcqtewj
Even if I have to fake that smile.
