Stasis
The world’s response to fear
How so easily
You let your life be commandeered
Your dreams and your ambitions
All but disappeared
A flock to mindless medias
Corralled and engineered

Once seemingly so vibrant
Filled with zest for life
Now cowering and pitiful
With no signs of delight
Panic in pandemic
And such a tragic sight
Identity abandoned
As you quarantine the light

No strength amongst your faculties
A product of the hype
You seizure in demeanor
Now, shrieking through your gripes
A feature presentation
Of a puppet of the tripe
A circus in a cycle
Where you’re all but circumscribed

A programmed and trained response
Devoted to the doctrine
Domesticated casualty
To every...