War against the novel coronavirus

Empty, grey and barren streets
Fear in people’s eyes
Coffins fill the churchesw deep
No one to say goodbye.

What a hollow, hollow world
How fragile is human life
How ill-equipped is our mighty race
to douse this crippling fire.

I watch the painful news at five
Brothers and sisters battling for their lives
Doctors and their teams fighting through the show
No ordnance factory makes arms to fight this foe.

O devil donned in the garb of flu
You vicious villain - SARS-Cov 2.

But one day these dark clouds will melt away
The bright sunshine will flood the mountains;
Fresh air will blow our cares away,
Old friends will meet with unworn smiles,
busy streets their charms redeem,
broken dreams again find steam.
But to reach that hallowed shore,
humankind must fight, fight hard, and win this war !