We silently sit on the cringing couch

Hermetically huddled in our quarantine quarters 

Quietly quaking inside with aghast angst and dazing distress

Woefully waiting for the storm of sickness to peacefully pass and wishing it would easingly end

This pandemic of plaguing pandemonium, permeating panic, paranoia, and pain. 

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Quickly quelling my infectious fears

Drying my tragic tears

Lightening my lonesome loads

Lifting my lamenting lows

Alleviating my achingly heavy heart

Ready for life’s wheels to rotate and reboundingly re-start.

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We quietly kneel on the forgiving floor with petitioning prayers and panacea pleas to the Lord

For humble mercy, cleansing healing, and steadfast strength

To courageously carry us through this terrifying time of turbulent trials

Trusting God’s perfect plan with faith, assurance, and hope

For his glorious guidance, comforting care, and supreme sovereignty   

As we narrowly navigate the wayward waters of unprecedentedly uncharted territory.

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Tenaciously thrashing through the wanton waves

Dangerously drifting and swellingly swaying from sinking to swimming

Life and limb treacherously teetering on landing’s line between disease and death

Before steadily steering the battered boat despite frighteningly foreboding forecasts 

Amidst precarious pressures and capsizing currents of challenging changes to curability.

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Roughly riding out the stormy seas to safety’s surviving shore with masked mooring 

Resiliently rising from the ailing ashes to achieve wholehearted wellness again

Teaming together testing therapeutic treatments

And persevering with pioneering viral vaccines tomorrow.