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Six feet Away
We heard about it first on the news one day
A virus from bats in China so far away
But it was them not us, no need to worry
Then it reached our shore in a hurry
We didn’t need to be six feet away
We lived life normal as we always had
But that was before things really turned bad
She was a nurse and could be exposed
I might get it or all of us I supposed
We started staying six feet away
She went to work on the front line
Nurses could be exposed at any time
We hoped this coronavirus wouldn’t last
In the meantime, we started wearing a mask
Kept our social distance six feet away
She got the coronavirus and became very ill
Knowing I could get it, I took cake of her still
It was a tough fight and hard to put into verse
She got better then somehow infected, I got worse
We tried staying six feet away
I had high risk factors and the virus grew
Soon it landed me in the hospital’s ICU
The nurses did their job and held my hand
This is not what any of us had planned
They couldn’t stay six feet away
The coronavirus symptoms came over me like a flood
But worst of all, oxygen wasn’t able to get into my blood
My line finally went flat and they rolled my bed into the hall
The nurses helped other patients while the doctor made the call
At the nurse’s station six feet away
There was silence as she was home all alone
She saw who it was then answered the phone
The news of my death made her head start throbbing
She put the phone down and began sobbing
The dog walked over to her from six feet away
There was no funeral with lots of family and friends
She sat in a car near by thinking so this is how it ends”
Now time has past and the virus has gone away
She stops by to visit me though not every day
I’m so much farther than six feet away
She kneels at my grave crying, doesn’t know what to do.
She says. “I’m sorry, I miss you so much and I still love you."
I wish I could reach out, touch her hand, tell her it’ll be okay.
One last hug and one last kiss, there’s so much I want to say.
But we are condemned to love each other from six feet away
A virus from bats in China so far away
But it was them not us, no need to worry
Then it reached our shore in a hurry
We didn’t need to be six feet away
We lived life normal as we always had
But that was before things really turned bad
She was a nurse and could be exposed
I might get it or all of us I supposed
We started staying six feet away
She went to work on the front line
Nurses could be exposed at any time
We hoped this coronavirus wouldn’t last
In the meantime, we started wearing a mask
Kept our social distance six feet away
She got the coronavirus and became very ill
Knowing I could get it, I took cake of her still
It was a tough fight and hard to put into verse
She got better then somehow infected, I got worse
We tried staying six feet away
I had high risk factors and the virus grew
Soon it landed me in the hospital’s ICU
The nurses did their job and held my hand
This is not what any of us had planned
They couldn’t stay six feet away
The coronavirus symptoms came over me like a flood
But worst of all, oxygen wasn’t able to get into my blood
My line finally went flat and they rolled my bed into the hall
The nurses helped other patients while the doctor made the call
At the nurse’s station six feet away
There was silence as she was home all alone
She saw who it was then answered the phone
The news of my death made her head start throbbing
She put the phone down and began sobbing
The dog walked over to her from six feet away
There was no funeral with lots of family and friends
She sat in a car near by thinking so this is how it ends”
Now time has past and the virus has gone away
She stops by to visit me though not every day
I’m so much farther than six feet away
She kneels at my grave crying, doesn’t know what to do.
She says. “I’m sorry, I miss you so much and I still love you."
I wish I could reach out, touch her hand, tell her it’ll be okay.
One last hug and one last kiss, there’s so much I want to say.
But we are condemned to love each other from six feet away
Published 15th Apr 2020
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In light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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15th Apr 2020 5:29pm
17th Apr 2020 00:59am
15th Apr 2020 5:33pm
This was touching, seed. It's not often a get captivated by a work of fiction, but this hit too close to home. Thank you for sharing... very sad story, and well-told. You had me interested the whole way through... unfortunately this will be the sad reality of many :(
17th Apr 2020 1:00am
16th Apr 2020 10:05pm
This poem is a perfect representation of what's going on right now; the world is in a fragile state that most of us have been fortunate enough to have never witnessed before. That's why this site is such a positive thing for all of us to share and express how this is impacting us. My sister works in a hospital and that is constantly in the back of my mind these days. Times are just crazy at the moment, but I think your poem is an incredible outlet. Thank you for sharing, I hope you're well x
17th Apr 2020 1:04am
Thanks for the feedback. My wife is a nurse and a lot of her patients come from nursing home so she is on the front lone. I have several high risk factors so if I get corona it could get bad in a hurry.
