Inner Woman

Niggling shivers

run down my back

Germs I can’t see

have locked my door

I hide my face

like the bandit

who robbed,

the grocery store

Wash my hands

fear governs my

life

This tiny virus has

caused me more

strife

In distant times

before it held

my world as a

prison

I remember hugs,

kisses and love without

frisson

I used to walk

and not balk

I used to eat

without fear as my seat

Tomorrow beckons

the government reckons

With Freedom

our Kingdom

Perhaps, maybe,

if we do as we’re told.