Unmasked
Unlock 1 it’s being called, Unlock 1!!
It’s becoming the norm to have
Numericals with name, fashionable perhaps!
I ventured out after eighty odd days,
The sight bewildered, hit me hard.
Made me want to run home and hide.
Chaotic traffic was back, people were
Freely gossiping at road ends, latest Covid figures, not cricket scores, mind you!
Every day TV news rattling figures,
Every day like polling analysis, graphs and curves !
Every day hearing of friends’ friend dying,
Every day patients increasing in the town.
Everyday Essays articles, stories, webinars ,
Every phone call listen to message on protection.
Every whatsapp group has endless safety messages ,
Every day only Covid related, mind boggled.
Everyday Anguish, Inspiration, worries comforts !
The people on the road wore masks,
Cyclists, motorcyclist, hawker, customer,
Unmasked were the Literate uneducated!
At the Social gathering,I think local divas
I’m building my immunity, I am safe.
Faces unmasked? No intellect Unmasked!
Irresponsibility Unmasked, ignorance Unmasked,
Arrogance Unmasked , nothing will happen to me.
Unlock their intelligence, I pray to God!
Unlock their sense of Responsibility!
Unlock Sensibility, Understanding Reasoning!
Then the world will be a better, safer place!!
– by Prabha Raghunandan
