My Poem About COVID-19.

I want to dedicated this poem to the past year and loved ones we lost to coronavirus, COVID-19. I hope you enjoy my poem. I would love to hear your feedback.

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
– Socrates

A Year With COVID-19

By Munziba Khan

 It has been year since the beginning
 Of the pandemic and the world started spinning.
 As a student of public health
 It’s something that I studied before
 But the reality was so much dire
 That it shook me to the core. 
 The world stopped moving and life stood still
 But the virus kept moving rapidly
 With a vengeance to kill.
 We called it COVID-19, a coronavirus.
 It came with a vengeance to control our iris.
 COVID-19 tested our patience to the extreme
 And only path to defeating it
 Was for the world fighting as a team.
 The battle to defeat the virus
 Was fought with diligence and sacrifice.
 But the politics leadership became a hindrance
 And displayed the fact that our world is in a vice.
 People wore masks and social distanced.
 Even in the presence of COVID-19 fatigues and resistant.
 COVID-19 infected and killed millions,
 Worst pandemic in a century.
 The frontline workers sacrificed so much,
 And kept us safe, thanks to their bravery.
 We lost loved ones suffer and even die.
 Suffering alone in isolation,
 Without a chance to say goodbye.
 Through the darkness of the virus
 Came the fruits of working with collaboration and vigor.
 We saw the rapid discoveries of effective vaccines,
 A breakthrough thanks to the scientific rigor. 
 With a hope for immunity, 
 People desperately seeks the vaccines.
 But distribution is a constant nightmare,
 Leaving us frustrated with patience beginning to wean.
 But let us not forget our lost loved ones
 The lost partner, friends, parents, grandparents 
 And daughters and sons. 
 Their loss is tragic, leaving wholes in our heart.
 We ache in sorrow and pain,
 Holding on to the memories that our love ones impart.
 As we look towards a time of normalcy
 When we will all be together on society that thrives.  
 Let us not let COVID fatigue control our lives. 
 More sacrifices and patients are needed
 So let us be diligent and not be conceded. 
 As together, we will be stronger.
 And will so defeat COVID-19 
 And will not be distant from loved ones any longer.

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