-- Dark Thoughts --

John Herlihy

As never before,

I am now filled with dark thoughts.

No one knows what’s in store,

As this sinister virus its errant course plots.

No one ever imagined,

How the entire globe so mercilessly affected.

No one ever fathomed,

We would be living in lockdown, never suspected.

Millions sick, lives lost in ways profound,

Schools closed, sports cancelled, streets empty of sound.

A lone individual stands in a city plaza upon a star,

As pigeons roams idly, wondering where all the people are.

Yet, in dark thought, light emerges,

A silver lining kills the shadows of our pensive urges.

The day will come, we live again, the end is near,

There in the trees, the wind of change blows away our fear.

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(c) John Herlihy 27 March 2020