When The World Stopped
When the world stopped
I could breathe clean air again
When the world stopped
The birds were chanting in ecstasy
When the world stopped
The silence invaded my ears with a high peak sound
When the world stopped
The pain and the grief was measured by numbers
When the world stopped
What was certain became uncertain
When the world stopped
Politicians ‘played God’ and the virus ‘played Evil’
When the world stopped
Angels helping the sick became superheroes
When the world stopped
Time was overwhelmingly slow
When the world stopped
Time was never enough to save a life
When the world stopped
Words of anger and tears destroyed families and friendships
When the world stopped
We were left alone to die
Claudia Lorenzetti Martins 03.26.2020
