During the pandemic the real-world tensions between public health policies and political responses, often led to confusion and frustration. This included the challenges of healthcare access and the mishandling of the pandemic by some authorities. 
Mental health challenges were exacerbated by social isolation. The pandemic's restrictions led to a sense of disconnection that affected people's well-being. 
There existed a sense of disillusionment with the state of the world during the pandemic with widespread frustrations on how information and policy were handled as well as how it influenced public perception and behavior. 

Lessons Learned From Covid
In Covid’s grip, I will not forget,
the winter’s chill did start,
In that strange time, the strange remains,
anger in me blooms,
I will remember how politics and health
—entwined.
As sense eluded, they still elude,
and uncertainty looms.
While in high-risk places, we must take our stand.
A paradox of politics,
our lives trapped in these rooms.
In hospitals and clinics, they say we must tread.
In Covid’s grip, our hearts
—censored, in silent tombs.
While with our loved ones, we’re advised to dread.
Through screens, we met, our dear ones we beset,
No church bells rang, no weddings did we attend,
Apart we lived, still apart, no joys in isolation’s net.
Grandchildren were sent afar, why this truth,
we can’t defend.
No holidays, no funerals, even now,
goodbyes we forswear,
Graduations lost, even years later,
the “makeup” does not mend,
In solitude, then and now,
our burdens we continue to bear.
In solitude’s embrace, in censorship,
we must suspend.

Tele-health was ignored,
Covid’s still here, it’s a game,
Politics and health continue to exist,
in a tangled knot,
Propaganda divides us, the new norm,
yet we’re all the same.
Tele-health is still ignored, while we’re left to rot.
No hugs, no weddings, we still live in fear,
what a shame,
Grand-kids no longer visit, oh, what a mess,
In isolation, once in body, now in mind,
this new norm is insane.
If not Covid, then race, sex, war,
for power in politics, it’s all a guess.
No right, no wrong, It’s all so confusing,
like a crazy strafe,
Mental health—ignored,

Humanity—ignored,
it’s causing stress,
In this new world order, the new norm,
we’re all agape.
In this crazy world, power and propaganda,
we can’t digress.
So let’s stay strong, Remember, don’t forget,
and hope for the best.