Looming, life’s challenges come from left field

Invading life, pushing through safety shields

 

Sheltering-in-place brings many changes

Experiencing new rules, with broad ranges

 

Occupied at home, juggling novel ways

Overcoming change, yet lost in life’s maze

 

Closing businesses, routines now shuttered

Feeling suddenly strange, life seems cluttered

 

Playing underfoot, young children amaze

Showing adults, innocence shows new ways

 

Living with this new normal, upside down

Sensing loss, emotions creating frowns

 

Praying for those needing support and care

Tapping our faith, God leads with His bright flare

 

Remaking daily habits, life’s new pace

Shelving normal, left high on a bookcase

 

Growing each day, uncertainty prevails

Ticking clocks, second hands moving like snails

 

Hunkering down, persistent virus sprawls

Waiting day by day, patience makes its call

 

Originally published April, 2020 (near the beginning of the Covid pandemic).