#artificial words
a #skeptical text
confidence #crashed

unexpected
offensive
#calm #forsaken
in a #fizzled flash

hope diminished
into emotional whiplash

#vss365 #inkMine

reality came #crashing down
wide-eyed excitement #fizzled

#skepticism seeped in at rapid speed
the #delta variant had turned deadly

as the world prepared
for the worst outbreak in recent history

#inkMine #vss365 #poetry