Are you afraid to go out of the house?
Do you feel panicked when people get close?
Do you make daily, no hourly vows
Not to overreact? Do you break all of those?
Have you been washing your groceries well?
Are you afraid that you’ll let your guard fall?
Are your hands chapped from the soap and Purell?
Are you worried that none of it’s helping at all?
Do you feel sick when you’re watching the news?
Do you strongly suspect that somebody is lying?
Do you think you should limit your mobile phone use?
Cause the things that you read keep on leaving you crying?
And do you remember the times that you said
To someone in distress “Oh, it’s all in your head!”?
Tom Juniper Poetry 