Leaving Home

05/06/2020 - Iso Well-Being Compilation

 

I’m leaving home for the first time.

I really don’t want to but I must.

The world outside scares me more

Than it ever has before.

 

I see the people around me

Acting as if everything is fine.

My heart is beating out of my chest.

Is this really what’s for the best?

 

Life must return to normal

After everything we’ve been through

But I’m terrified to touch your hand

And of where that cough might land.

 

I’m going to have to get used to

Being in the outside world again;

Though I’d really rather not be here

I have to fight my way through the fear.

 

You might call me paranoid

But I’d rather keep my family safe

Than act like this is no big deal,

Then see them suffer and not heal.

 

So forgive me, this mask I wear

When I am too close for my own comfort.

It is for their protection

And not a form of rejection.

 

Maybe soon I’ll be able to be

At one as I once was.

Living free from all these damned concerns,

Enjoying the world as it turns.

 

When I must return to work again

I will be counting on all of you

To have been just as cautious –

To think otherwise makes me nauseous.