Pandemic Pondering

It is 2020 April

The only view is from the window sill

A waft of spring breeze

Brings an involuntary sneeze

The Koel and the crow

The pigeon and the Sparrow

Are singing with gusto

Flowers are in bloom

Yet there is a feeling of gloom

The clock works its cycle

Yet its needle seems idle

The sky blue and clear

Yet it fails to bring cheer

To a mind filled with fear

A virus has caused a scare

We humans have lost our dare

The world we know has changed

Our life is being re-arranged

In my lifetime this is a first

A situation unrehearsed

I feel utterly bewildered

Hope is the silver lining

Or if you please - the gold trimming

Our planet will live again

Without this continuing grief and pain

We need to believe that this is just a hyphen

That there is a better world

beyond this horizon!