IN THESE HUMBLING ALMOST REPENTANT DAYS
IT WOULD SEEM THE VEIL LIFTED FROM OVER OUR EYES
IMPELS US ALL TO CONSIDER CHANGING
OUR SCHEDULES AND ENTITLED WAYS
THE CARS WE ALL LOVE HAVE RESTED
MUCH THESE LAST MONTHS
FRESHENING OUR AIR AND PILLAGED PLANET
AN UNEXPECTED MUCH NEEDED REFRAIN
TO REST RECOVER WITHOUT RECOURSE
OR FINANCIAL STRAIN ON ECONOMIES NO BLAME
I ALMOST FEEL REGRET THAT OUR LIVES
WILL ONCE AGAIN REVERT TO THE
FRENETIC MAYHEM IT WAS ONCE BEFORE
SO IT IS WITH HEAVY HEART AND CONCERN
THAT WE WILL RETURN TO IT WITH
RENEWED QUICKENING VIGOUR
THE MAGNITUDE OF ITS CONSEQUENCES
LOOMING BIGGER AND BIGGER
GOVERNMENTS WE ASK YOU TO CARE AGAIN
FOR THE PEOPLE AND WELL BEING OF OUR WORLD
SO WE CAN LIVE A HAPPIER MORE BALANCED LIFE
THAN WAS EVER IN THIS HURRIED RECENT PAST
THROUGH THIS ERA WE HOPE WE HAVE LEARNED
CRUCIAL LESSONS FROM NOW AND YESTERYEAR
WAR FAMINE POVERTY WERE EVER PRESENT YET BLURRED
EQUALITY SHOULD BLESS US NOT TO BE EARNED
COVID-19 YOU ARE THE CATALYST THAT HAS CHANGED
OUR OVER TEEMING WORLD
FROM THE RAT RUN WE WERE ALL TREADING
THE DIRECTION WE KNEW NOT WE WERE HEADING
SO LETS COMBINE IDEAS TOGETHER IN HARMONY
TO FIND THE NEW EUTOPIA AVOID IMPENDING DYSTOPIA
WE WERE ALL BLIND YET NOW ETCHED UPON OUR CONSCIOUSNESS
WE CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT EVER FORGET
THE IMPOSED LONG LONG LOCKDOWN IN WHICH
MANY LOST THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS
AT THE BEHEST OF AN UNKNOWN VIRAL THREAT
LET IT NOT BE TOO FAR OFF THAT WE EMERGE
FROM AN ERA OF IMPOSED RESTRAINT
NOW ONCE AND FOR ALL LETS WORK TOGETHER
A BURGEONING NEW LIFE WE COULD AND WILL PAINT
COPYRIGHT NATASHA ANNE KELLEHER 5TH MAY 2020 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Photograph taken by Natasha Anne Kelleher 2020