It has darkened my doorstep again

The first time my mother 

And now my daughter 

I wonder…how do you deal?

I think of those I don’t know who lost so much more than I have 

How do they survive?

Will I learn? I pray that I don’t have to… but why them 

And not me?

This murderous force of nature knows no names or humanity 

Corona has no life on its own so…to some It clings and extracts what it can 

Leaving behind death for those it touches 

and misery

For those it spared