COVID time

COVID 19 got me and gave me
three days breathing oxygen.
Who thought this up?
All I can do is sleep and
wait for you to call me
I need you to come and
visit me but you can’t.
no one is allowed to visit.
I am thankful for the
nurses and staff who
are risking their health
to care for me.
I try not to ask for anything
as they have too much to do
and I need only your call
and your love to keep
me sane.
I leave the hospital
with another three days
of pills to fight off
the last crap of this
shit and then it gets you.
Not just you but others
in your family even further
away so we can’t
go to them either.
You, my lover and
my wife has to deal
with this on your own
except I tell you at
every chance how
much I love you.
When can we finally
be together? Only time
will give us that answer
and you need to recover
first so our time will
come after that.
COVID time. Fuck it.