Turning Us Into Prisoners Poem by Chibudom Onu

Who are you?
Where are you coming from?
First, igniting the Australian forest to ashes in seconds,
crashing the legendary Kobe
And his sweet daughter, leaving them in ashes.

Now, on a rampage like a starving lion out of his cage,
Clothing us in anxiety,
Turning us again and again into prisoners.
Prisoners in our homes, disrupting our lives
and flooding the world with tears.
Chaos, disaster, confusion, and fatality
Are your modest names.
You have snatched lives, left, right and centre.
Oh, how I despise you!

Your devious plans, a meal I cannot swallow
I hope, I look, standing still
Waiting for you to vanish into thin air
Just as you came, unnoticed
I hope 2021 is nothing like you.