A sonnet for the Covid-19 shutdown.
Our home contains the world, these days. Not all
We love, perhaps, but most and dearest-held
Is sheltered safe inside these shabby walls.
We hadn’t noticed how our lives had swelled
Like springtime floods that, everflowing, rise
To overwhelm the riverbanks but won’t
Recede again; our floodplain never dries.
Diversions tugged relentlessly (they don’t
Deserve the time we gave them). Swindled by
False urgency, we’d grasped toward each demand.
Turns out this busied frenzy was a lie;
The only tasks worth doing are at hand.
This sudden, unexpected ebb has shown
How small, yet rich, our cares should be: our own.
© 2020 Josh Bishop
Josh Bishop Writes 
So true. Love it!