Trinity OR Three into Two won't Go

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It is (temporarily) mandatory again here in England to wear face masks in shops and on public transport while scientists try to find out more concerning the new Omicron variant. Even so, a significant number of people continue to ignore the basic safety precautions (other than for medical reasons) which are, after all, for the good of everyone. Yes, the booster jab program is being stepped up, since boosters are thought to provide the most protection against Covid-19, but, yet again, a significant minority are refusing to take part. Not just on their heads be it, but on all our heads...

I often need to travel on the London Underground network for hospital appointments etc. The other day, a young woman pulled her mask down so she could eat sandwiches and drink coffee! It may well have been her lunch, but there is a time and a place... especially at the moment. A significant number of people  still think it is ok to lower their masks so they can read a newspaper or chat on their mobile phone on public transport; it was much the same scenario even in previous (full) lockdowns, and I have yet to see anyone challenged by an official for not wearing a mask or not wearing one properly so both nose and mouth are covered. Since not everyone with Covid-19 has symptoms...well, who knows...?

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main... “No man is an island entirely of itself. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.”

TRINITY or THREE INTO TWO WON’T GO

My-body-my-choice;
the path I take, for better or worse,
to it, I will stay true;
no matter what others say or do,
there’s principle at stake
that needs must make a stand against a society
that would disrespect individuality...”

My-body-my-choice;
can’t you see how it has to be or all
we stand for becomes a lie
if only for its throwing you and I
to social media wolves
that would sooner feast on fake news and ideas
put forward as conspiracy theories...

My-body-my-choice;
what on earth is there to argue about?
Am I right or am I right...?
Why pick and argument with me,
no stauncher ally
against the slings and arrows of such modernity
as would disrespect our individuality?”

My-body-my-choice,
so what’s this about a common humanity
deserving more from us
than such intimate points of view
that haven’t the measure
of consequences beyond limits of personal space
likely put us firmly in our place...?

My body-my-choice;
what do you mean it’s not just you and I
whose life in our hands,
that I am but a part of Mind-Body-Spirit
and three is greater than one,
exclude human spirit and see common humanity’s
battles all but lost before begun...?”

My-body-my-choice
may well assert a person’s individuality
from time to time,
the Self, free to take responsibility
for its own well-being,
yet no Self is an island, of its surrounds entirely free,
but bound at birth to a Human Trinity

Copyright R. N. Taber 2021