In My Feelings on Covid !9

Silently stalking the world of today
Can't see it or smell it
Can't wish it away.
Weightless on Scales,
Heavy on the mind,
It even has people standing in long lines.

Governors bow to the power it wields,
Halting government's processes, stopping its wheels.
Mandated cessations,  forced delivery of meals
No congregating for the health of the public's weal.

Children are gathered beneath parents' feet
No escape to the school house, no respite this week.
Newly working from home few know how to do,
Asking each other and with great  grumbling  too.
How do you do this work at home and stay sane?
Many are frustrated and begin to complain.

The Stock Market shutters and starts its wild ride
No one knows how how its ending or how far it will glide.
Futures and equities, 401's start to quiver
Investors, retirees  get some  wild jitters.
The Federal Reserve tries to calm all the nerves,
But its not enough, we worry, can they make this sharp curve?

How could something that the naked eye can't see
Hold such power  just how can it be?
Causing worldwide changes in a matter of days?
Causing millennials  and seniors to change up  their ways.
We can't see it or feel it til its work it has done,
More powerful than a bullet from a smoking gun.

There is no vaccine  or treatment that we know
Washing one's hands, so the virus can't grow.
It's the best advice given while they search for a cure.
None of know how much of this  that we can  endure.
If we want to survive ,we must work together now
Let's turn to God to show us just how.

Some are stranded and cannot get home.
Many are living afraid and alone.
College students are wondering, will I get my degree?
Others are struggling no paycheck they'll see?
There are no answers and no end in sight,
Unprepared for this sudden darkening of light.

Our Father in heaven hear our desperate prayer.
Save us from worry and from our despair.
Give us today, the grace to go on
Until this storm is over and a new time is born.