Covid19 times - Part 2

Travel :

In a world where we cannot travel,

You and I are truely distantly apart...

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My life: Before spring

The world outside my window remains the same

All I see is that window, and the sky

What would have been life 

Without the night sky?

Oh I forgot to tell, work from home has 

Ruined my non-routine life,

Worsened it, I see the night 

But not the day,

No sleep, no food, no aim...

Because of the reversed routine...

Spring hasn't come yet, 

The world outside my window 

Still lacks colour. 

My life has become totally colourless 

As in I left my colouring stuff at home

Who ever thought life would take this turn?

Now I miss those colours and it is getting to my nerves....

No, a mobile colouring app won't do. 

I want my real colouring pens, crayons and pastels,

Even if it is to draw and colour randomly.

I could do with some colours now. 

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Alone:

I have forgotten to look into the mirror,

For there is no need to get ready everyday 

To go somewhere...

Even though I see myself in the mirror above the basin, 

My image doesn't register...

Science and technology saved our lives,
Had there been none
Being alone would have been truly lonely!!

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Life during spring:

The world outside is beautiful...
Well only homosapiens are affected!
The world has become colourful,
Trees bearing leaves and sweet songs of birds...

The days have become longer,
The sunsets are pink...
I still don't sleep at night.
But it has its perks
For I get to bask in beautiful moonlight
And witness moon sets,
As if the moon is slowly
Getting tucked away into the
Fabric of the sky as the dawn comes.

Occassional outings into the world
Makes me happy for it is spring,
Flowers, leaves, birds...
It is a pity that this spring is like this...
In a normal world I would have taken
My phone out and instagrammed this beauty...

I am still working from home,
Thinking even a summer vacation
Would have ended in two months...
Finally I got some colours,
And that made me truly happy...

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What next?

Let us hope for the best.
Of course nothing will be "normal"
Only the new normal will be there.
World came to a standstill, now
It has to take baby steps.
This too is life and this is an experience.

What has it taught?
That nothing in life is trivial,
Nothing is to be taken for granted,
Like even a piece of paper or a pen,
Everything is valuable.
There will be harsh realities,
But never stop dreaming
For, even the smallest of those
Aspirations can make us stride on!