The Killer Virus
The nostalgic spring air of the year 20/20
Intoxicating enough to put you in a stupor..
The cosy Sun enveloping everyone in laziness..
The twittering birds and humming bees..
The cascading rivers and silvery brooks..
Filling music and tunes in the air..
The cool breeze ruffling the ebony hair..
Toned bronze skin reflecting back..
The dew kissed emerald green grass..
All set to welcome the virgin dawn..
Alas! News of a virus in the air..
Put an end to the spring gaiety..
Headache, fever, breathing problems..
Gripping people around the globe.
Through touch and vapours in the air..
Infection is scattered everywhere..
The smoothly running life came to a standstill..
At the outbreak of a deadly killer virus..
Attacking gullible people unawares..
Soon it spread it's wicked wings...
Engulfing the entire human existence..
People panicked as many lost the battle..
A pandemic declared far and wide..
The mightiest countries worldwide..
Bowed in front of the killer contagion..
An unseen enemy out to contaminate all..
A cold spine chilling silence across the globe..
With wailing kin mourning their deceased..
The deserted corpses laying piled up..
Awaiting an honestly respectable funeral..
As a final adieu by dear loved ones..
Oh! What a drastic turn life has taken ..
With mankind rendered so helpless..
Funeral is now a government role..
Nothing seems to work as of now..
Except social distancing and lockdowns..
Set to curb the speed of the spread..
Scientists working on day and night..
To get a Corona breakthrough cure..
Doctors and nurses toiling round the clock..
With the angelic warriors risking self..
To save all battling for their precious lives..
About this poem
The poem is about the deadly virus that took the entire world in its wicked, merciless grip at the end of the year 2019 within a span of a few months the entire humanity was at its mercy. I have tried to bring out the agony that mankind had to bear kneeling down in front of a monstrous invisible enemy that was gulping down the human existence mercilessly in the form of the dreaded Corona!
Written on April 09, 2020
Submitted by nitibedi on September 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFFGHIFJKLFFMCNOPQJJRSLJTQURCVWCJJXYZ1 |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,666 |
Words | 309 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 42 |
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