STAY IN - SHUT IN

Looking at my door 
From the inside I cried
No!!
From the depths of my soul 

To the invisible guard
On the other side 
From whose face I must hide

So I live a life of disguise 
To reject the executive order
Is Covid 19 suicide

Being shut in these few weeks 
Seems like years
The only consolation to this quarantine
Is that no one can see my tears
I must admit 
It's finally getting to me 
First my freedom, now my sanity 

I am out of food
But I'm afraid to walk the streets 
I've accomplished a momentous goal 
Finally loosing that weight overnight 
By not eating, but feeling weak

I am damn tired of these reruns 
And the daily doomsday news affairs 
So in this stay in - shut in executive order 
I sit in mental anguish between these four walls 
And at a dark TV screen 
 I stare all damn day.

Wilford Barker.