Finished in April 2020

Weird World

by Zac Langridge

What a weird world we live in!

Months ago, it was as usual

Life went on without ceasing

And petty squabbles ruled all

It was about I, not we

But now we’re ground to a halt

And the engine’s been put to a standstill

And we’re looking out for each other

Except for a few… unfortunately

It’s a funny ol’ world we live in

The last decade seemed like chaos

But now with the addition of hindsight

It seems the far more desirable life, now

Yet it’s not all hopeless

Life still goes on

Just on a smaller scale

Confined

But that’s the thing

That’s not fun!

That’s not freedom!

But it’s not so bad

We’re still alive

We’re well

We’re with each other

And we have the power to stop it all

But we’re missing out on so much!

All the things I could’ve done

But chose not too at the time

Now I can’t do them at all

Until this is all over

But we’ve got each other’s backs

So even though people are dying

And bodies are filling excavated land in docks

The world is not feeling as though it’s at an end

It seems odd, that hope should be felt

More prominently in times of strife

Than in the cyclical normality of urban life

But that’s human nature... petty or what?

But that’s just the weird world we live in now

And when it’s over, we’ll forget it not

THE END