Facing My Fears

As I contemplate

this fierce global pandemic, 

questions need answers.

Will I get Covid?

Or could it slay a loved one?

Vulnerable state.

Though lacking symptoms,

have I been struck already

but do not yet know?

Without full testing,

with whom can I meet safely?

Am I locked in fear?

Will this ordeal end?

When and at what cost to all

life as we knew it?

History suggests

we will move on from this scourge,

but at a steep cost.