Getting the Better of Covid-19

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It is looking increasingly unlikely that the world will be rid of Covid-19 and its variants any time soon, in spite of vaccines becoming available; no one seems to know just how effective certain vaccines will prove to be against this strain or that.

Be sure that mind-body-spirit will do its best to see us through whatever lies ahead. 

In the meantime, we can but give ourselves and each other the best chances of survival by following whatever restrictions intended to make us safe(er) rather than follow our more natural instinct to do our own thing… 

The world is more unsafe than it has been for centuries; subsequently humanity has a collective responsibility to show that it can work together and rise above its various socio-cultural-religious differences instead of using them as tools and/ or excuses, to make a bad situation worse. 

Fat chance of that, do I hear you say? Well, maybe… but where there’s life, there’s always hope; it has  always been hope, as well as love and kindness that not only keeps the happier heart beating, but also comprises the better part of who we are, the part that saves us from going into freefall. 

Take care, be safe and keep well, 

Hugs, 

Roger 

GETTING THE BETTER OF COVID-19

I love the sunny side
of the street, nodding and chatting
to people I meet,
if only simply passing the time
of day, give or take
little else to say likely to raise a smile
while a coronavirus
chases up our every move, left or right,
anywhere, by day or night 

Covid-19 also prefers
to haunt the sunny side of the street,
but I’ll not be fooled
into thinking there’s any safety
in the shade
beyond making sure I wear my mask
correctly, nose and mouth
covered completely, no fashion accessory,
but a social responsibility 

Safer to stay indoors
if we can, but there are key workers
on whom we rely
continue to take risks (do or die)
for all our sakes,
a selflessness putting any to shame
whose conspiracy theories
appeal to the (universally) significant few
left anxiously begging a clue 

Though all the world 
in pain and grieving, a Beacon of Hope
that is love will see us
through to whatever end in store,
whoever, wherever
we are, its truth making itself known
and felt in such ways
as sure to inspire us all our days, the nearer
for our sharing, and the dearer 

Copyright R. N. Taber 2021