Everything to Play For
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Regular readers will know I am inclined to listen in to people chatting, face to face or on their mobile phones, especially when I am in a long queue while out shopping…
1st CUSTOMER: "I was at my wits end, suicidal some days. Now it looks like there will be a vaccination for this damn coronavirus sooner rather than later … well, it feels as if a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders."
2nd CUSTOMER: "Too right. Mind you, there was always everything to play for so I just don’t understand why some people ignore safety regulations. They must lead very empty lives if they are prepared to put themselves as well as everyone else at risk."
I
was not the only eavesdropper, though, as there were murmurings of agreement
all round.
EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR
World,
waking up to a wintry sky
at
snowfall
Motivation,
last heard of trying to avoid
free
fall
Imagination,
discarded,
much like waste
in
landfill
Mind,
left
struggling to get a grip
on it all
Body,
sick
of trying to leap its own
prison
wall
Spirit,
turning deaf ears to Freedom's
mating
call
Fear,
no
empty threat, sure to make
a kill
Birdsong,
bringing us a Lullaby of Hope
into
nightfall
World
defying a wiser mind-body-spirit
to (ever) stall
Copyright R. N. Taber 2020
Labels: coronavirus, Covid-19, global consciousness, human nature, human spirit, life forces, love, mind-body-spirit, personal space, poetry, positive thinking, society
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