Each of my
Past lovers
Was my own
Personal
pandemic.

—-

they separated
me from my
loved ones

locked me
indoors away
from any
Other Dangers.

—-

social distance
doesn’t come
easy now.

I mask up in
order to protect
others from my
emotional scars.

—-

I stay indoors
away from those
who I may
inadvertently
make sick.