A Yell In The Dark - Covid 19 (Pandemic Through My Eyes)

The biggest disaster on humanity

Affecting the entire globe and lives,

Be it rich or poor, children or adults

Akin to lying on a chopping board under knives.

Originated from the wet market of Wuhan

From where it spread like a catastrophe,

Threatening everyone's survival

Psychologically and financially.

India was put to one of the most stringent lockdowns

Yet it could not stop the spread,

As migrants travelled to their hometowns

With no money, no water or bread.

The second wave in India

Left the medics and system appalled,

Unemployment, poverty and hunger all around

While the economy stalled.

The smoke of the dead

Engulfs my country's sky,

Never has humanity been so helpless

While we hopelessly watched our brethren die.

Joblessness and stock markets are at an all time high

GDP is wrecked future insecure,

With little arsenal left for developing nations we pray and look for answers

When under acute shortage vaccine seems to be the only cure.

Human bodies floating around the rivers

As international media watches in dismay,

Some of us feel life has not changed 

Was our social fabric always made of clay?

My hopes my dreams do not die 

Even after seeing dark skies due to burning pyre,

I will live to see a clear sky

Humanity was raised to win we shall see through this fire.

- Aindri Abhishek Singh