-K Radhakumar
It’s winter and freezing cold.
In a damp and quiet corner
Some flies are already frozen to death,
Many a fly will follow suit;
There’s nothing strange about it.
Flies never give up hope;
They live in hope
Better days are coming.
Winter will go
And spring will come.
They night will come to an end
And you’ll wake to a sunny sky.
When I say it, I say nothing new.
Smoke from a fire can be seen rising
At dead of night.
It’s no strange
Many strange things happen in the world.
They have flown the dead zone
And towards the fire they fly.
Hope springs eternal.
There’s a fire burning
Giving light and heat
And a new hope of life.
We – you and I
Have been placed on lockdown by coronavirus
Unleashing a dreadful disease.
It’s a new experience.
Why should you be bored to tears?
Enjoy the brief period
With your whole body and mind.
It’s not every day
You’re with your wife and children
You can spend a lot of time with them now.
Earlier you couldn’t.
You in your office
Your wife in her college
Trying to cover the annual syllabus
Your children in school…
Let coronavirus come to the world,
Let it even dominate the world
But not through me.
Let it be declared a pandemic disease
Let there be no cure for it till date
But it will be thwarted in its attack
By my healthy immune system –
I’m fully prepared now.
I know I stay safe for I stay home.