Death Cannot Swallow Us All

It is not the stench of death It is every inch of its breath That envelopes us Nowadays, death is everywhere The latest news are smeared with death Our social media groups are smouldering with death Our family and friends' list is dwindling We are in the midst of a death storm And we have to hold tight to our sanity As the tentacles of insanity are fast approaching We have to find the source of hope And stand outside the cubicle of fear It is our mind that is on the brink of collapse The putrid smell of death is coming from all angles Covid-19 disease has found its target The Delta variant is wreaking havoc We are all sitting ducks With nowhere to go But we have to stand up And climb on the pedestal of hope We have to find our strength And soldier on Let us wear our face masks Practice social distancing And take precautions We have to re-build our wall of defences We have to survive this storm Death cannot swallow us all We are too bitter for its egregious appetite Soon, it will give up And let us be ©