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… 

1^st 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." 

2^nd 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