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Yewande Adebowale is a Nigerian Lawyer, Storyteller, Poet and Author of two collections of Poems titled ‘A tale of being, of green and of ing..’ (2019) and Voices: A collection of poems that tell stories’ (2016). Her poems have appeared in Visual Verse, Afritondo, Trampset, Poemify and elsewhere.

Poem written: 6th April 2020

This too shall pass

It spreads like wildfire refusing containment
roving round cities, countries and continents
the globe is on lockdown and recession is imminent
many have lost lives
many eyes have cried
and fear cripples like gyve
what a time to be alive

this virus threatens to utterly consume
all on pause unbeknownst when we shall resume
to normalcy
but knowing how seasons come and go
how feelings form and flow
this too shall pass