I lost my sense of direction
got turned around in my head
boredom has settled in
it’s hard to get out of bed.
I’m in horizontal agony
keeping my distance six feet apart
I loathe this COVID19
it’s messing with my heart.
I have separation anxiety
does anyone even care?
I miss my friends and family
I can’t breathe – I need fresh air.
Can’t watch the news
can’t listen to the excuse
as people die in their beds
and our country…well
it’s going in the red!
I’ve lost my sense of affection
watching collection after collection
of movies and tv shows,
when will this madness end
no one seems to know.
I slip into the grocery store
take a cart all shiny and clean,
I smile at a tiny girl
behind my mask
my smile goes unseen.
Walk the aisles in a line
follow the arrows as you go,
don’t cross the line a single time
for this virus – it’s invisible you know.
Get in – get out
as fast as you can
get exactly what you need
but if you’re buying toilet paper
the limit is one – do not exceed!
The days go by
as fast as they come
like the beat of my heart
my God beat that drum –
I wait here on you…
take us to a fresh start
show us a world that’s healed
and people transformed by you.
Some say it’s the end
of things as we know
others say it’s a newness
it’s the exciting beginning
of what God has in store,
we have to dig in with Him,
we have to stop saying
that we’re bored!
Lord our God we wait patiently
please come and open the door
to our hearts, our souls
we pray, we beg you
get us out of this Sheol.
Sandie Heckman