Omicron

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: CORONAVIRUS SERIES

Omicron

 

A new day

A new dawn

The desperate age of omicron

Wave after wave after wave

Prepare the hospitals

Dig the graves

 

The plague that never ends

Rolls on like an angry storm

Build your walls

Keep your distance

Find a cave and climb in

Get used to virtual existence

Resist the new resistance

 

Omicron is here to stay

It roams by wind and breeze

We pray for it to go away

But it spreads with natural ease

A self-perpetuating force

A debilitating disease

 

It is hard to keep our faith

Harder still to maintain trust

But keep our faith we will

And trust because we must

 

No matter how long it takes

Our spirits will not break

 

(Note: While the Omicron variant is

extremely contagious, whether its

effects are more or less severe is not

yet known.)