STRESS OF THE MIND AND THE BODY

THE STRESS OF THE MIND AND THE BODY

B0DY IS STRESSED OUT
SO IS THE MIND
THERE IS FATIGUE IN THE BONES
MUSCLES, NERVES, HEART AND LUNGS.
THE MAIN CAUSE OF ALL THIS STRESS IS THE COVID-19

THE BODY IS TIRED
IT'S COLD
IT'S SAD
IT'S ISOLATED
IT'S LONELY

IT'S AWAY FROM THE OTHER HOME
THE ORIGINAL HOME
WHICH IS ALSO OCCUPIED BY COVID-19
THE NEED OF SUN AND SPICE
WHICH THE BODY WAS USED TO
IS COMPLETELY DEPLETED

THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS YEARNING FOR NORMALITY
THE ELEMENT OF HAPPINESS
THE ELEMENT OF HEALTH
THE ELEMENT OF TRAGEDY
OF SO MANY DEATHS EVERY DAY

SUN, SPICE, PEOPLE, LOVED ONES
AND LAUGHTER IS NEEDED
CALMNESS, A GESTURE
A REMARK,
A LOOK

CAN MAKE YOUR DAY
SITTING IN A CAFE
DRINKING TEA
SIPPING IT SLOWLY
READING YOUR BOOK
OR WRITING SOMETHIN
SUDDENLY
SO SUDDENLY IS GONE

SUCH SIMPLE PLEASURES OF LIFE
HAVE VANISHED
AND THE HUMAN BEINGS VAINISHINHG WITH THEM
MANY OTHER THINGS HAVE VANISHED AS WELL
BUT THE MOST PRECIOUS IS THE PEOPLE
PEOPLE WHO WERE ALIVE YESTERDAY
GONE TODAY
GONE FOR EVER

NO MORE CAFE
NO MORE READING A BOOK THERE
NO MEETINGS WITH YOUR FRIENDS
NO LAUGHTER
LAUGHTER TOGETHER
HAVING AN APPETIZER TOGETHER
COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR CAREER

COMPLAINING, ALWAYS COMPALINING
ARTIST'S JOB IS TO ALWAYS COMPLAIN
NO ONE IS COMPLAINING ANY MORE
EVERY ONE IS STUNNED,
SHOCKED
SAD
AFRAID
ALONE
WONDERING

WOMDERING
HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST?
HOW MANY MORE UNFORTUNATE HUMAN BEINGS WILL SADLY PERISH?
HOW CAN WE SAVE THEM?
WHEN WILL THE TREATMENT COME
SLEEPLESSNESS AT NIGHT

QUESTINOS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS?
NO ANSWERS, NO ANSWERS, NO ANSWERS
FROM WHERE THE THUNDER OF DISEASE BROUGHT THIS VIRUS  FROM?
IS THIS ANOTHER PLAGUE?
WE THOUGHT PLAGUES DON'T COME ANY MORE
PROGRESS OF SCIENCE
PROGRESS OF MODERNITY
PROGRESS OF RESEARCH

CORONA VIRUS BEAT THEM ALL
WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE THUNDER OF THIS MONUMENTAL TRAGEDY
WE CAN'T TOUCH
WE CAN'T HUG,
WE CAN'T HOLD HANDS
WE CAN'T SHARE A SMILE

AND THE SICK PEOPLE NOT COMING HOME
NOT WITH THEIR LOVED ONES
DYING ALL ALONE BY THEMSELVES
THE BEST HUMAN OF ALL HUMANS
THE NURSES, THE DOCTORS, THE LAB PEOPLE,
HOLDING THEIR HANDS
SILENTLY SHEDDING TEARS UNDER THEIR MASKS

MASKS, SO MANY MASKS, SO MANY MASKS
SO MUCH FEAR
FEAR OF A TOUCH
FEAR OF A TALK
FEAR OF OTHER PEOPLE
FEAR TO WALK
FEAR TO TALK...

THE HOSPITAL WORKERS
THE ONLY ONES WITHOUT FEAR
EVEN IF  WITH THEIRE FEAR
THEY MUST GO AND HELP THE VULNERABLE
EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY

I SALUTE THEM
I SALUTE THEM
I SALUTE THEM

THEIR COURAGE
THEIR HUMANITY
THEIR LOVE
TEIRE SENSE OF CARING
THEIR COMPASSION,
THEIR EMPATHY

THEY ARE SAVING LIVES
THEY ARE SAVING LIVES
THEY ARE SAVING LIVES

I SALUTE THEM
I SALUTE THEM
I SALUTE THEM

JUST FOR THEIR SAKE
THE VIRUS WILL GO AWAY
I KNOW IT WILL
IT WILL BREAK, TT WILL GO AWAY
SO THEY CAN REST
SO THEY CAN REST
SO THEY CAN REST

HAVE NEVER SEEN KINDER PEOPLE THEN THEM
NEVER SEEN SELFLESS PEOPLE LIKE THEM
NEVER SEEN LOVING PEOPLE LIKE THEM

VIRUS CAN NOT....
NO, NOT THEM
NO, NOT THEM, CAN NOT BREAK THEM
THEY ARE STORNG
THEY ARE STRONGER THAN THE VIRUS
THEY WILL BEAT THE VIRUS
YES, THEY WILL
THEY WILL DEFEAT THE VIRUS
YES, THEY WILL

I SALUTE THEM
I SALUTE THEM
 SALUTE THEM