Be Aware, It's Still Out There

I’m in an unsettled state of mind.  
I’m pensive.
 
In the back of my mind I am followed close behind.
Accompanied by shadows of change, disoriented by something strange.
 
I didn’t like when my fever did spike.
Odd, peculiar dreams turned to nightmares, giving me such a fright.
 
I was suspicious it was the virus of this troubling pandemic,  
apprehensive of the pink line forming on that test strip.
 
What went through my mind, you ask.
Did I think thoughts of dread?  
You bet I did, even thought about being dead, God forbid!
 
But alas, I crossed that viral frontier, I am (still) here,
To remember by faith that our lowly prayers are heard.
To believe in Eternity's good, as all of us should.