The Mask
When thieves at night
Wear the mask,
They rob us.
They threaten our lives,
Then rob us.
They sometimes take
Our lives with them.
When a deadly disease
Declared a pandemic
Came overnight,
It robbed the world
In a day,
Snatching lives into
Its mighty pocket.
It continues to rob us
Waving from one end
Of the globe to another.
It came the first time,
The second, the third.
We are forced to dress
Like thieves wearing
The mask in broad daylight
In banks, in shops, at home.
The most wanted criminal
Is in one place and in all places,
So in our masks we blend in
To survive, to live.
By Elijah Christopher
Elijah Christopher is a journalist at A New Touch Of Africa, is also a creative writer, a poet, and an IT enthusiast. He contributed to the collaborative poem written in celebration of Edwin Morgan Centenary, the first Glasgow poet laureate and Scottish national poet from the University of Glasgow. He loves meeting people and learning about new places, cultures, events, and lifestyles.
