Everyone's losing something

what did you lose today?

Our routines have all gone haywire

Taking our comforts away.

Did you lose the privilage of a driver

Whom the lockdown forced to stay home?

Or were you forced to cook your own dinner

Pushing you out of your comfort zone.

Are you sad that you lost a holiday

That you had booked so much in advance?

Caught with the seeming unfairness

Of this unfortunate circumstance.

Or did you lose a golden opportunity

To have the biggest wedding you'd planned?

But just ended up with a small one

No big crowds, no live band...

Everyone's losing something

A privilage, an opportunity, a chance

But lucky are they who lose just these

Minor hiccups to otherwise smooth plans.

There's the unlcuky one who lost a job

and another who lost his mind,

The stress of this pandemic scenario

Has turned out to be brutally unkind.

Someone lost more than a privilege

A brother-in-law, an Uncle, a friend,

it's going downhill far too quickly

Can't wait for this nightmare to end.

So if you missed your maid this morning

Or your favourite tv soap,

Remember the little girl missing a dad

But just doesn't know how to cope.