The Virus Marched

Mother sends a message

It had been under attack
For too long

Air poisoned, seas trashed
Forests wiped out
Distress calls and death
Of entire species
Shrugged off

Its warning shots
Of storms and droughts
And fires and floods
Of fury never seen
Ignored

It had been under attack
For too long

And so

When the guards were dismissed
Decades of knowledge disdained
Fragility scoffed
It summoned its soldiers

And the virus marched

Oblivious to walls and bans
The virus marched

Unfazed by rabble and rallies and tweets
The virus marched

Immune to distortions and blame
The virus marched

Ignorant of power and privilege and race
The virus marched

Trampling the hollow foundations of hubris and greed
The virus marched

Until it could be mocked and ignored
And its power belittled
No more
The virus marched.