Dear Covid-19,
Let me say this to you
Sure I have never met you
Desire not to even conceive of you
Only desiring to take appropriate measures
Your emergence unto this earth
Here was on two sides of birth Predictability and unpredictability
Many never knew you\’d be treating them this way
See how unfair And unfriendly you\’re
To the human race and other creatures
It all started like a joke in the diaspora
Now you\’re every where
Attracting people here and there
Too invisible to both the richer and poorer
Most especially the vulnerable and elderly
Well I do not dispute to the fact
That my own vulnerability and inability to following instructions might lead me to the gate of regret
A lot have claimed to have been blinded by your appearance
In headache, cough and dyspnoea
All in alliance to our human contact, contaminated objects and air transmission
I come to you on this day
We come to you today
Everybody comes to you
In the here and now
No, I mean both the human race and other creatures
Crying crying and crying aloud
Open wide your ears
That whatever I communicate aloud to you may reach you there
For there\’s no one rather than you
I am ready for you Covid-19
Who became a pandemic and a lovely friend to CoronaVirus
And an enemy to the human race and other creatures
I am ready for you Covid-19
In my hand washing
In my mobile pocket sanitizer
In my face protective hat
In my well protective use of mask
And in my discipline to avoid contact with my own.
by Terence A. Asitibasi
