Socio-

Here's a little quarantine special by none other than my best friend. Read and comment!

"Piece of cake it must be for you,"
They tell me through their ugly laughs,
"This social distancing thing."
How'd they know how painful it was
Like feathers plucked from a wing.

"You vanish off the face of the planet,"  They say,
"Can't even pick up a phone."
I wish they'd look at my trembling hands ,
Everytime it rang and I was alone.

Who do I ask to pick up the call?
To answer on my behalf because I couldn't?
Couldn't gather the courage to even utter a "Hello."
Afraid I'd say something I shouldn't?

One wrong word and it ends right there,
It gets harder to breathe when I think
I'm tired of handling their mocking words
Even when I stop a minute to blink.

"Social distancing" my friend,
Is not the word your looking for,
"Phobia" is what I suffer.
Than just a "pick up and talk, why not?"
It's a million times tougher.

So when this situation ends
And you go back to your normal "social life",
I'd like you to remember, that normalcy for me,
Is a world full of strife.

- Sneha Mukherjee

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