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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.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNoVi5INfr
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While I have always been an introvert, but this crisis has hit me hard.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUe5Khba2X
Much like the wind in an underground subway.
I should be thankful; I try to tell myself on a daily basis.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOVmo8pt9v
But that only makes me feel worse.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsxJ3Bcdun
Plenty of time to do things; I can write more, I can read more,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTs50Y6DvXl
Spend more time with my partner and children.
But it ultimately means more time that I feel like a caged bird,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXLE0CGaLA
Inside these same four walls.
How many times can I sit staring gormlessly at my screen?279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaOWmLYSpD
How many times can I stomach the same meals?279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2HwdxEANr
That is if I even eat at all.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdjQVZ8xHb
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How long will this isolation last?279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9K0Cnkkkm
No one knows the answer.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdDDc4vjVh
But I still continue to wonder,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplQIfhgwDQ
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,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLE1Fexz5H
It feels as if that's the only hue that exists now.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUl9sgfahUr
I could write about my troubles,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4NeshoHLL
But would good would that do?
For I may be an introvert,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWL39hwX3wb
But it doesn't mean I don't miss how things used to be.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbqmeGYKqu
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My depression is overwhelming.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlCx9pEqc9
While I have my feet firmly on the ground,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXPSjRRviF
I still feel like I am drowning.
Just a little longer, I continue to tell myself,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxb0EGl2fj2
It'll all be over soon.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ6FOh0OvW
But just how long can I keep up this charade?279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVDfDtmCc9
The cracks in me are beginning to show.
I don't want to worry my family,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNNst96h1m
Be strong, I say, for them.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGycO66WcC
Focus on staying afloat,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDqdLT0Yua
Even if I have to fake that smile.
