Frontline Warriors

when we are
simply getting bored
from staying at home

you are out there
in the frontline
to fight this fatal virus

you're preventing it
from engulfing
the entire humankind

you are putting us before yourself
risking your own life
you made it your business to fight
the battle for us, to win
the war for all

begging us to stay at home
you're trying to make sure
we are okay

like a parent, you have enclosed
us in a cocoon
of warm safety

You're the one who is
taking care of us

you're the selfless,
the generous,
the brave

the frontline,
the frontline warriors

Christiana Sasa, The Pangolin Review, April 2020