Terror at the park

It grips me

This panicky, terrified feeling

Sending my son to a play date

Filled with monsters and dragons

At an indoor trampoline park

Really, it’s just young children playing

The monsters and dragons lurk through the air

Covid at its best

Winging through the space

Instinctively I want to hold my children close

Not let them go anywhere near

A place where they could catch coughs and colds

Or Covid or flu that is now here

I wish I could relax

But this fear holds me so tight

How can I keep my children safe

And put them down healthy and well to bed tonight?

I want to stop all activity

Keep my children near

But I confess they want to get out and experience life

And all those things I used to hold so dear

A playdate at McDonalds

Sounds fantastic fun for a child

Yet as an adult

Grips me with fear

I know Covid 19 is through the space

I know adults and children who cough and splutter

With no mask or regard for the safety of others

And glare at others if correction they utter

Oh I wish things were different

I must learn to co-exist with this disease

Right now I’m not sure who’s winning

Me hiding at home?

Or is Covid-19 merely laughing at me?