All systems go

The red light
Was active
For a year.
Scheduled
Routines
Were scrubbed off.
All systems were
Disrupted.

The emergency
Was not planned.
The death rates
Were not expected.
Traditional freedom
Was tampered with.
Like caged animals
But we have it better.

Emergency services
On high alert.
The overseers
The belittled
Were lifted first.
The down cast
The overarchers.
Roles were swapped.
All systems go.

New skills
Were learnt.
New barriers
Were made
But not set.
Floating around
For fear of a back
Fire.
All systems go.

Confusion sets
Like a foggy cloud.
The Lord guides.
The Lord speaks.
Tune in
Listen in.
All systems go.