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As the Covid-19 coronavirus continues to take its toll on the mental
well-being of many if not most of us, worldwide ...regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexuality or place in society; there is nothing like a common danger to dispense with the separatism these so often impose on the less free-thinking among us.
Now, some people are having to deal with the loss of
loved-ones as well as losing their jobs and having to worry about diminishing
savings, how to pay the rent or mortgage besides feed themselves and their families … also cope with the relative few, albeit significant and selfish, who persist in defying instructions to self-isolate
and/or wear a face mask.
While certain people are exempt from wearing masks for
health reasons, it is rare to see anyone challenged here in the UK, in shops or on public transport,
wherever … Only the other day, I overheard a conversation on a train between
two people, one wearing a mask, one not; the latter was saying he hated wearing
a mask (who doesn’t) so “Why should I, and who’s going to make me, anyway?”
Is it surprising that the coronavirus is far from
finished with any of us yet? The sheer selfishness of some people will literally be the death of others.
So far, so good here, not least because I am
almost sure I had the virus in early January … but, am in my 70’s now, and living alone so counting no chickens.
We can but take care, stay positive, and perhaps take
our cue from the first light of dawn and let our hearts be filled with the
first birdsong, if only to replace any fears and/or frustrations and/or despair
left by events of previous days and months.
Did I say it would be easy?
A
TIMELY REMINDER
Uneasy
sleep, bad dreams,
a
sense of isolation getting the better
of
any kinder reality
likely to call on the darker side life
to
take on its bad and ugly;
unchallenged fears come to haunt
mind-body-spirit,
set
the Ghosts of Nightmare on human hearts,
no prisoners
An
uneasy calm, persisting
in
its endeavour to reassert itself
over
waves of despair
threatening
to crush positive thoughts,
abandon
mind-body-spirit
to
its own devices, pitting its host
against
its worst imaginings,
challenging
Earth Mother to a bitter showdown,
daggers drawn
Come
the first hint of dawn,
shadows
on curtains war-dancing,
heaping
scorn on any hint
of
positive thinking rallying human hearts
to
wake and take them on;
eyes
opening and heart sinking
at
the first rush of shadows
bent
on making a kill, though life-force songbirds
have
other ideas
Dawn
chorus, come to re-engage mind-body-spirit
with
such things in life as worth every heartbeat
Copyright
R. N. Taber 2020
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