by Jahnavi Manglik
“Covid is GONE”!
I cannot wait to say this
My happiness has fallen into an abyss
And I refuse to believe that
There could be a good outcome of this
To think that abnormality will bid us adieu-
Oh, What a foolish view!
There is no end to this one-
I am hopeless and I’m done.
I lie when I say,
I am okay.
The truth is,
The uncertainty is excruciating, actually
And even though
I am surrounded with my family
This situation has snatched my bliss, for
It would be incorrect to say:
I am sailing through this.
“I have hope
I can cope-”
Oh, Such a blatant lie makes me laugh!
I give up,
I cannot put in effort-
There is no way that
I can change for the better.
Days getting back to normalcy.
But I cannot picture it.
The reality: a grim, lonely, mundane world.
Oh, how I wish things could be, ‘reversed’.
Now read the poem in reverse, line-by-line.