The Way Ahead
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These are troubled times for us all as Covid-29
pursues its relentless course around the world, its variants hopefully
indicating that its powers are diminishing, but as yet no hard evidence that
such is the shape of things to come. We can but call on mind-body-spirit to
lend us both hope and wherewithal to see us through our pain and see the hopeful
heart emerge the stronger if not unscathed.
We face a difficult New Year ahead, but let us face it
with a sense of collective responsibility, cautious optimism and that all-embracing hopeful heart with which this
blog and its author-poet has been much concerned from its start, nearly ten
years ago.
Here’s wishing you all as Happy a New Year as we can
make it for family friends and those we have yet to get to know as well as ourselves.
Many thanks for dropping by, hope to engage with
you again soon. (Yes, I am working on a poem to greet 2022.)
Hugs,
Roger
THE WAY AHEAD
A new year approaching,
as we can’t help but wonder
in fear and dread
whether or not it will be another
that’s Covid-19 led?
Everyday life, a struggle
with every safety precaution
taken by a majority,
wearing face masks still rejected
by a scared minority
Vaccinations, to protect us,
young, old and more vulnerable
in societies worldwide;
a race against Covid’s angry tide,
no one spared
Deaths soaring, hospitals
overflowing, staff left struggling
as more become infected,
so many businesses having to close,
no one unaffected
Delta, a vicious Covid variant
overtaken by the Omicron mutation;
world scientists passing on
relevant data as it becomes available,
inevitable confusion
Meanwhile, world still turning,
all its peoples left weeping such crises
of nature and human nature;
inevitable stress, invariable fall-out,
past-present-future
Yet, there is a resilience among
humanity seeing us rise above the worst,
forces for good working
to lend us strength enough to alleviate
our suffering
Among the ruins of a life, engaging
with Love and Kindness, always
ready and willing to help us
bring the hopeful heart into play against
even a coronavirus
Mind-body-spirit, up for whatever task;
we have but to ask...
Copyright R. N. Taber, 2021
Labels: collective responsibility. coronavirus, global consciousness, human nature, human spirit, life forces, love, optimism, pandemic, personal space, poetry, positive thinking, self awareness
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