Corona (Covid 19)
This novel crown is not desired,
not sought after or fought for,
nor jewelled in glittering gold
elevating those who bear it.
Giving not riches, power, authority
but conferring weakness and disability,
more like the crown of thorns so long ago
used to torment and humiliate before expiry.
This comes alone with never a belov'ed face
helping to tide them over the brink.
A whole life returned to the family
only as cold grey ashes in an urn.
jennifer Malden
Mon 22nd Jun 2020 14:06
Better late than never! Thanks Tom, John, Hannah, Shifa and Branwell for the likes. The virus is really something one would prefer to blot out entirely.
Jennifer