Out From Under This

  

  

  “Out From Under This” 

 

I wonder if I lied,

Because I am terrified.

Of this election, of this virus.

Of moving, I feel petrified.

 

I wonder what will happen,

When I get out from under all of this.

What will it do to me mentally?

Emotionally?

 

Pandemic was a generic term.

We all learned in school.

Abstract, distant, not us.

While we all have no leader, we can trust.

 

If you trust him,

I believe you are willfully ignorant.

I cannot tell you what to believe or think.

I am simply not that important.

 

We should not even gather,

To celebrate our most joyful holidays.

I know people will ignore the dangers,

So, it is going to happen anyway.

 

Will we have another civil war?

Will we plunge into a deeper darkness?

I have nothing I feel I need to prove,

I am selfish consumed by having to move.

 

I wonder what will happen,

When I get out from under all of this.

What will it do to me mentally?

Emotionally?

 

Dg

Danny Gunter

10-16-20