Confined in Caution

The silence is deafening 

I step into the building alone 

My desk of decade and a half 

stands watch over the agone. 

With a heavy heart, I pose 

click a selfie for posterity 

Pushing the button, for a hard reset. 

I stand still to ingest the severity. 

I repeat certain words often, 

‘eerie’ and ‘unreal’ mostly. 

Everyone agrees with me, 

while the world feels ghostly.

 

The things once the norm, 

seem unattainable at best. 

The mindless living on, 

something I have begun to detest. 

As I peer out of the window 

streets lined with parked cars. 

No one has anywhere to go. 

The world is indeed on a pause.