The Intruder Poem by Leena Amwaalwa

It came bearing gifts.
Gifts of destruction and death.
It came hauling notices.
Layoffs, suspensions and evictions.
It came bearing setbacks.
Immediate closures and lockdown.
It came dragging depression.
Economic, social and otherwise.

It came lugging a surprise.
To both scientists and researchers.
Nurses and doctors are overwhelmed.
Priests and prophets are stunned.
The WHO is troubled.
Renowned professors are baffled.
A big yet invisible enemy.
An 'inapprehendable' intruder.

Millions are engulfed by pain.
Thousands are no more.
Hundreds are drowning in shock.
Tens are blanketed in anxiety.
What now?
Why here?
Until when?
The world wonders.