So strange the silence
That descends upon our towns,
As stunned, we retreat
To the isolated safety of home,
Forbidden to socialize,
Afraid to roam,
Our lives turned upside down
By a virus,
That’s truly gone viral,
We plunge into selfish anarchy
In a downward spiral,
The worst and best traits of humanity,
Stirred up by the fever
Of Covid insanity.
Diane Scantlebury
