World War 3

The most sinister war,
Sly and underhand,
No bombs or bullets,
Or missiles or mines,
They send a virus,
To the world and lies,
to callously kill,
Vast numbers of lives,
A silent killer,
Slaughters children, husbands and wives.

The old and the young,
The weak and the sick,
To cause sudden fear and panic,
Like gas only worse,
Passed from person to person,
Creating suspicion and hate,
Dictating to everyone,
This authoritarian and totalitarian state.

Its naive to think its just an organic virus,
Caused by bloody bats,
We're isolated, lonely,
without the human touch,
Without communion,
Without congregation,
Treated like rats.

Confused and controlled,
The worst combination,
Ordered and disturbed,
Spreading from nation to nation,
Stockpiling one minute rashening the next,
Our freedom is taken,
And the freedom to text.

The numbers of dead are inaccurate,
Hidden within the epicentre,
Poets have reported,
1919 and one hundred years later,
Its too obvious now,
The evidence is here,
Its not simple,
But it is clear.

(note to self - corona means crown, this virus is not my king)