There Is So Much Else In Life Beside The Coronavirus Poem by Shalom Freedman

There is so much else in life beside the coronavirus
Why do I give it so much time and thought?
Because it keeps me inside
Because it has changed my life and everyone's life
Because it threatens us
Because new cases are still coming in large numbers
Because unless we can stop it
We cannot go back to do the ordinary things we sometimes love to do
Still I don't want to think about so much anymore
And if I had better powers of escape, I might be happier
Let the coronavirus disappear as quickly as possible
And let us all kept back
To being fully alive.