Don't forget to stop and smell the flowers

this crisis is a matter of days and hours

it's not forever, and yeah, it's scary

but non-stop fear will leave you too wary.

You don't need to stand next to anyone

to take in some peace from a setting sun.

A book is a single player adventure in text

and it can be good for your head to change context.

I'm not advocating ignorance, keep yourself informed!

But once you tend to that, and to keeping yourself warm

press pause on the panic, it'll be there when you get back

take a couple hours and allow yourself to kick back.

Take a few deep breaths, squeeze in a couple naps

Go from headlines to punchlines and find a couple laughs.

There's a couple kinds of sick right now being spread

one attacks the lungs, the other sets up in your head.