Page 48 - Compilation of Poems Arau International Poetry Festival 2021

Months have passed, other
countries are still confronting the
unseen enemy
Yours has shown superiority in
curbing the virus,
Numbers are decreasing, all efforts
and sacrifices are certainly fulfilling
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Little by little, restrictions are lifted,
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you and others are almost free to
by: roam
Indulging in things you used to do
ainol Going places, attending classes,
dropping by kin’s houses
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the deadly foe,
Taking a rain check should there be
any close encounters.

However, my story is a little bit
different than yours,
Way before the beginning of the
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Ours begin and end with a killing
spree
No symptoms like coughing and
feverish feelings,
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Everyone cowers, tremble and
shudder.