Month: June 2020

By Staying Well Apart
Yet Closer Together In Heart And Mind
May We Never Take For Granted
The Toll, The Struggles On Every Level We Have Gone Through
Physically,Mentally,
Emotionally And Spiritually Too
As Life Outside Opens Wide
Phase Three Now In Place
But Not Like Before
May We Always Be Reminded What Life Was All About
Lived Behind Closed Doors
The Good, The Bad, The Happy, The Sad Times Were Spent On Our Own Or With Loved Ones So Dear
We Learned From Each Other How To Quell The Fear
To Quieten The Mind
To Know That Support Was Near
To Show We Were Brave
We Learned That To Behave Was To Follow The Rules And Guidelines Set Down
So We Could Each Help, Do Our Bit
Save Every County, Every Town
Every Man, Woman And Child
We Did Our Best To Keep Alive
Now That We Can Venture Further From Our Doors
Knowing From Our Hearts
That We Have Played Our Part, Right From The Start
As We Move Forward Reclaiming Our Lives And Livelihoods Back, Piece By Piece
Let Us Not Slack, Become Complacent In Our Moral And Civic Duty
To Self And To Each Other
Finding Ourselves Back There,
At The Start When We Had To Stay Apart To Keep Each Other Alive And Well
Let’s Not Go Back
Go Forward With Grace
A Smile Upon Your Face.

©Pauline Byrne 2020

Website www.aguidinglight.ie

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A Trip To Pray
Is A Very Different Experience Today
Some Churches Opened Their Doors Wide
An Invitation To Come Inside
A Safe Place To Shelter From The Storm
For Some, A Place To Stay Warm
At The Door Hand Sanitizer Provided
A Way For Evermore ?
Pews Roped Off Social Distancing Being Maintained
Takes A While To Find a Seat, To Navigate Your Way
A Quiet Place For Peaceful Reflection
To Contemplate The Day
While Trying To Figure The Way Back Out
A Lovely Stranger Whispers In My Ear
“It A One Way System Dear”
One Way In, One Way Out
Just Like Life, I Want To Shout
As I Turn And Look Back
To My Dismay, She Is Busy Cleaning Away Any Trace Of Me Being There
Having Called In To Pray
Funeral Mass Attendance Has Been Increased From Ten To Twenty Five
Twenty Five Family And Friends Now Get To Pay Their Respects
Get To Say Their Final Goodbyes At The End
It Was Said That The Devil, The Virus Closed All The Churches Down
But Brought Them Into Every Home
Every City And Town
Mass Is Now Being Streamed Live Into Every Livingroom
A New Experience For Some And May Have To Be This Way For Some Time More
Churches Will Be In Phase Three
Allowed To Celebrate Mass With The Congregation Present Once More
Maybe In Small Numbers
Fifty Or More
We Just Have To Wait And See

© Pauline Byrne 2020

website www.aguidinglight.ie

Facebook page A Guiding Light

Written 22nd May, 2020

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A Glimmer Of Light
Shines Through
We Now Know What We Have To Do
Hope Springs Eternal From A Well Of Knowledge, Power And So Much More
We Now Know What’s Needed To Walk Free From Our Doors
A Roadmap Provided, A Navigated Way Through
To Get Us To The Other Side
What Is Best For Me And You
Take Your Time To Think And Feel Your Way Through
What Works For Me
May Not Work For You
Respect And Understand The Choices People May Make
Actions They May Still Wish To Take
To Keep Themselves And Their Families Safe
They May Wish To Slow Down The Pace
And Not Venture Into Cities And Towns
Or Rush Back Shopping
Not Ready For The Crowds, The Queues,The Noise
Afraid Of A Second Wave
Prepared Or Forced By Circumstances Beyond Their Control
To Have To Stay At Home
Waiting Out Their Time
Living Their Life The Best Way They Can
You Decide For You
I Decide For Me
But Whatever We Decide
Just Be Kind, Feel Free

©Pauline Byrne 2020

website www.aguidinglight.ie

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Times They Are A Changing
Never A Truer Word Being Told
As We Start To Walk Our Fair Land Again
Our Towns And Cities Of Green White And Gold
May We Never Take For Granted
Its Fields Of Emerald Green
Breath In Its Awesome Beauty
Take In Its Breathtaking Scenes
You Never Know What You Have Lost, Until Its Gone
Let Us Not Forget And Take For Granted
What Life Has Been And For Some Still Has To Be
Living Their Best Life Inside
For The Sake Of Me And You
We Start Back To Our World Outside
Yet A lot Has Changed
Still Social Distance Has To Be Maintained
A Meetup With Family And Friends Will Have To Be Thought Through
Not In Big Numbers
Maybe Four To Six, No More
What’s Best For Me And You
To Keep Us Safe The World Has Changed
To Keep Us Alive We Have To Survive With A Kiss Blown From Afar
Catch It ,Save It Up In A Jar
Until The Time Comes, Hopefully Soon
When We Can All Be Together In The Same Room
Sharing And Caring As Before
Not Like Times Just Passed
When We Had To Live Our Lives Behind Glass Behind Our Front Door

©Pauline Byrne 2020

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Each Morning I Wake
Pen And Paper I Take
And Wait For The Words To Appear On The Page
They Are Held Deep Inside
Waiting For The Opportunity To Arrive
To Write Heartfelt Words
Connecting With Others While We Are Apart
In Mind, Heart And Soul
Fifty Poems Or More, Written So Far
While Staying Safe At Home
As The World, My World Implodes, Falls Apart
It Comes Back Together, Piece By Piece
Life A Jigsaw, A Puzzle
At Times To Be Endured
At Times Each Breath To Be Treasured, Savoured
A Reminder That What Matters Is Not To Count How Many Breaths We Take
But To Treasure The Moments That Take Our Breath Away
For Now I Rest
Doing The Best I Can
As I Wait For The Words To Form On The Page Again

© Pauline Byrne 2020

website www.aguidinglight.ie

Facebook page A Guiding Light

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