Jail-like

Some inmates, when released from jail,

Don’t waste a lot of time

Before old habits do prevail

And they commit a crime.

 

A subsequent arrest may cause

A trip back to the cell

And to the life that prisoner

Has come to know so well.

 

The outside world intimidates;

Protection disappears,

But being back eliminates

The risk of hidden fears.

 

Like convicts, I am also stuck

Inside my Covid realm,

Not knowing when I’ll have the pluck

To once more take the helm.