Errant Children

A small invisible germ, born out of human callousness,

Decided to kiss all and sundry;

The kiss of death.

It silently went about its work with hushed footsteps, 

Its footprints could be traced,

Only when the evil lover switched paramours.

Unloyal and uncouth, he ensnared one and all,

With no regard to the border, race et al.

Is it the germ?? Or mother nature being firm;

And giving back in equal measure,

The meanness we sow in leisure.

Errant children, we've been;

From you some benevolence we seek to glean;

The planet is already on its knees,

Begging for a reprieve.

Spare us, this ghoulish lover,

Whose amorous kisses have sent thousands to eternal sleep;

And left thousands panting for breath.

The universe is in confines,

Looking up to you, to tide through these troubled times;

To end this pandemic,

Which is ignorance, we've unleashed.

Our hands are red and sore of washing;

Our faces calloused with masks,

Our healers and caretakers are tired,

Please catch them before they fall.

Errant children we've been; opened the pandora's jar, unwittingly,

Which was given to us, so trustingly?

And now helplessly, we look up to you,

To come to our rescue.

Errant children, we've been.