Delivering food during Covid
As a courier
I saw a lot of ambulances
Everywhere,
Unseen
Behind their metallic walls
Covid patients were
Gasping for breathe.
It makes you realize how
Cruel and uneven
The world is
A disease that
Targets the elderly and
Disabled,
And leaves the young
And healthy untouched.
I’m still in my forties
And have taken to task
The job of delivering food
To those
Who dare not step outside.
I go from place to place
Watching the destruction
Around me;
Sirens blaring
People scared
Driving here
Driving there
Picking up food
Delivering it to empty
Doorsteps
Repeat.
Repeat.
Repeat.