Greetings to World Doctors, Nurses, and Front Line Workers During This COVID-19 Crisis

Artwork: Adrian D'Costa

Hope and Darkness

By Adrian D’Costa

COVID-19 is the epiphany of shadowy darkness,
It tests our will power and tries to stray us from our usual pace.
Are we afraid of the spread of this virus?
Of course, we are. But we don’t despair or make much fuss.

Some of us are quarantined and many of us are self-isolated,
We do not lose hope, although, for the cure, there is no vaccine or med.
Thanks to our doctors, nurses, and front line workers as they are toiling hard,
The very thought of losing this horrid battle is just unthinkable and absurd.

We, the Humanity, defy to bow down,
And we will find a way as always history has shown.
Our armoured bodies are at Normandy, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendaele,
As allied troops, we cannot let Human Element falter or fail.
Vulnerable, poor and sick are looking for hope everywhere,
As citizens of the world, with them, love and affection we do share.

Darkness was there before many a time,
It can’t make us blind or make us mime.
Till we find a cure we will fight against COVID-19,
Our next-gen will know, for survival, what does it really mean.