COVID-19 War: Third World War

By Charles Mwewa
Guest Contributor

The nations are at war, not against each other
This is not a battle between brother and brother
There are no flash philosophies, no ideologies
There are no apologies, and no mythologies
The cure is not medical, no antibiotics, either
There is only a social remedy, weapons, neither
The generals, presidents need no legal authority
The enemy is biological combat, in its full purity
Over forty million people died in First World War
Second World War, had seventy-five million tore
In First, the trigger was a political assassination
In Second, League’s failure, economic frustration
Then, only massacres, mass-bombings, genocide
Now, only disease, starvation, and broken pride
In this war, there’re no military ranks, no uniforms
In this war, civilians do chase and weather storms
This isn’t a typical war; it has no engagement rules
It respects neither the fighting wise nor fools
Only distances – social, moral, and even spirituals
No need for armaments, armored cars or warrigals
The enemy is invisible – hangs on and to everything
So long as it is visible, to it, this foe will cling
Fear – is its foremost malice, with it, it braces
Tear – has broken rank and cursēd men’s faces
Death is common, it is no longer breaking news
Faith is eroding, people’s hope now lies in booze
Money – is no longer a god; oil has been debased
Honey is no longer sweet, isolation is the new taste
But one flaw this adversary has, it can’t rout unity
If nations, governments bond, bug has no munity!