Three exercises poem

 #TSL NAPOWRIMO 16

16/04/2021

The Three Exercises Poem

Prompt given by Pratyush Mishra

1. Current state of my mind- Helplessness and fear about the current pandemic situation.

2. Emotions I feel- Pensive, Fear and melancholy.

3. Objects I see around

4. My poem correlating three emotions and three objects noticed by me as per 2 and 3 above 

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I

Waiting, waiting for the phone call

Without any hope 

Dad, uncle and aunt all with Covid 

II

Overwhelmed, it’s too much

Confused not knowing what to do

Helpless , nothing I can do

III

Teapot, mug, bookcase, dog barking in the night

IV

A dog is barking in the night 

I am waiting by the phone

Expecting it to ring the toll

Who will it be?

 My father? Vaccinated in the nursing home

But the eldest of the three

My uncle? Not vaccinated 

In the hospital 

My aunt? Asymptotic 

By herself in the house

Going slowly mad

As time goes on

Even the steam from the teapot dies

Overwhelmed by the suddenness of it all,

Hopelessness of doing anything else

I sip my cold mug of tea

Twenty thousand league from it all

Confused i keep asking myself

What can I do? Helplessness fills me

I fear the sound of that call.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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