they tried

they've put me in a cage

locked by whispers and disease

they've put me in a line

six feet to seperate between the air we breathe

they've cut me off from people

corraled us off of the streets

they've broken my education

trying to teach us through a screen

they've tried to keep me safe from this pandemic that they've spread

they've tried to keep me healthy so that I don't end up dead

but all this isolation is messing with my brain

they've kept me from the virus but didn't prevent me from going insane