The Eleventh Plaque

How the world can change overnight

People stay home, virus a flight

A war foretold, with an invisible foe

Creating havoc, misery and woe

Scientists worldwide take sight

Hurry, hurry, make a vaccine tonight

Medics every day must go

Tending to sick, thousands a row

How the world can change overnight

Listening to news, worried in fright

Others are writing, walking and mellow

Some singing, some silly, some painting with yellow

Someday, there’ll be an end to this blight

Red Sea will part, to see again light

Pray it’s a lesson to keep safety apace

To strength our world for the whole human race