Death Is Not A Statistic

In every news avenue We are told of the numbers of the dead due to Covid-19 disease We are not given a list of names Whether they were fathers, mothers or grandparents We are left to guess their age, gender or occupation We are not told whether they were breadwinners Or how many dependents they left behind We are not given their social media profiles Or their favourite sports, colours or clothes We are left to guess if they were truly loved We are bandaged with numbers after numbers Not to heal our psyche But to undress our most hidden fears To display our vulnerabilities And expose our weaknesses We are given gigantic numbers That can only tell half the story It's the story of humanity in distress A story of immense suffering A story of sorrow It's a story of pandemics Diseases that consume the human psyche Unfolding other causes of human suffering Depression, gender based violence, suicide, poverty…etc Death is not a statistic It's a tragedy ©