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Covid Friend

A poem about a friend with covid

By Denise LarkinPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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Covid Friend
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Fully vaccinated you say

Covid won't come for you now.

But hey it still can and it did!

Grabbed my friend!

Took him to hospital.

Stuck him in a bed.

Silenced and in dread

For he can't breathe

Covid stole his oxygen

It ripped through his heart

Pumping it hard

Made it high alert and

Left him in the lurch

As Covid spindles about

Inside his skin,

Muscles and blood.

No way he can leave 

Or walkout

Or go home

Because this virus

Has thrown him down

And scrabbled with his life

While his wife waits

In terror for better news

For her loving husband

To come home.

Will he survive it?

Will Covid leave him?

All we can do is hope!

©️ Denise Larkin 2021. All Rights Reserved.

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A poem about my friend’s husband who is in hospital with Covid-19. He has been fully vaccinated and is type 2 diabetic. He basically had some low oxygen trouble and was sent to the hospital where he is trying to make a recovery. He has covid pneumonia at present which means he cannot breathe. We are hoping he doesn't need a ventilator!

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About the Creator

Denise Larkin

A writer with a BA in Arts & Humanities (specialism Creative Writing), studying for an MA in Creative Writing, writes poetry and fictional short stories. The author of Time to Run, The Island of Love, Darkness, and The Non-Human.

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