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The Silent Killer: COVID-19
The world freeze
With a start of a sneeze.
The unknown invader
Became the top of our fear.
Fear of uncertainties.
Fear of death.
Doors closed, windows up.
Gloves in, masks on.
The empty streets
Were filled with silent cries
As numbers sunk and rise.
The once lively market
Replaced by chirps of winter birds
As hopes for a spark in life
Crashed like the colorless leaves on ice.
Creepers grew untouched,
Unconscious of the living threats.
Who knew last winter
That they would see the snow fall twice.
The losing battle drained us all.
If it wasn’t because of those
Who cared too less,
Who gave too little.
Scared of the outside world.
Scared of anyone but our own.
Since when did the others
Become the reasons why.
COVID-19 was his name.
Who ruined thousands of families
And stopped the hearts of many.
But death was too busy this year.
Too busy collecting the souls of others.
Too busy to notice us.
Play until our names appear
On the bottom of his list.
It may not be too late to empathize then.
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As the title suggests, this poem talks about the coronavirus that has changed many poeple's lives since the winter of 2019. This poem contains irony about how some people blame others for the spread of the virus when they are the ones being unaware of the problem.