Month: September 2020

Tough New Restrictions
As The Capital Awakes To Level Three Of A Five Step Plan For Living With Covid, The Best Way We Can
Is A Bitter Pill To Have To Take
The Numbers Don’t Lie, So For All Our Sakes
Open Your Eyes
Cover Your Mouth
Wear A Mask
Not A lot To Ask
Even If Your Views Differ
Do It Anyway
You Just Don’t Really Know Who’s Life You Could Be Saving Today
Appeal To Our Youth And Not So Young Folk
Stop Taking This Virus Lightly
It Isn’t A Joke
If Your Lives Were At Stake
We The Older And The Wiser Would Move Heaven And Earth To Keep You Safe, Make No Mistake
What Are You Prepared To Do ?
We Ask This Of You
For All Our Sakes
Cop On Before Its Too Late.

©Pauline Byrne 2020

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I’m Fine, Ye I’m Fine, Yes I’m Fine
But I’m Really Not
I’m Broken
Hard To Admit
But I’m Not,
I’m Not OK
Your Question Has Really Hit A Sore Spot Today
I’m Not OK But Guess What
That’s OK Not To Feel Fine
We Are All Learning How To Tow The Line
We Are Throwing A Life Buoy To Each Other
To Stay Afloat
Some Days Its Hard, Its No Joke
But We Are More Than The Sum Of Our Parts
We Are Whole Human Beings
Having This Experience Of Living Life Through Dangerous Times
Working From Our Hearts
Our Pain And Our Gain
Getting Us Through To The Other Side
Of This Madness, Unease, Unsettled Phase
That We Must Endure
Embrace With Grace And Hope
For A Future Bright
As We Go Quietly Into The Night

Pauline Byrne 2020

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To Honor World Suicide Day.

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Mental Wellness It Is Out Of Our Control

It Is Out Of Our HandsSo Let Us Keep It

Out Of Our Heads

Sometimes It Feels That We Are Going Into A Bad Neighbourhood

Dont Go There, Stay OutTake A Breath, Count To Ten

Scream Or Shout

Let The Stress Out

Find Your Way, What Works For You

Some Calming Voice That Guides You Through

Or Music Played Loud Or Low

Whatever Lifts You Up, Let It Show Find Something For Your Hands To Do, To Make, To Create

To Lessen The Stress, The Anxious Thoughts And Feelings Felt

A Walk, A Run For Twenty Minutes Or More

Helps Change Your Mood And Is An Act Of Self Care

To Put Yourself First

And Then To Care For Another

Is The Order Of The Day

You Matter, You Are Loved

Self Care In Action Is The New Way

So Taking The Time

Finding Your Personal Space

Taking In A Deep Breath

Connecting In On All Levels

Body, Mind And Soul

Shows You Know What To Do

To Self Soothe Is The Way To See This Through

The Body Knows And Keeps Score

When We Get Overwhelmed, Stressed

Can Take No More

We Leave Our Bodies And Minds

Go Out A Door Or Leave By A Window

Can Tolerate It No More

So Take That Breath, Fill Yourself Up With Thè Light

Let Go Of The Dark

Remember The Darkest Hour Comes Before The Dawn

Stay Safe,

Pauline Byrne 2020

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A Summer Like No Other Has Come To An End
Kids Go Back To School At Last
To Reconnect With Teachers And Friends
Their Present Experience Now Very Different From Their Past
Some Too Young It Seems
Have Been Told To Clean Down Their Table And Chair Before Going Home
Good Luck With That
As They Bolt Out The Door
Into The Fresh Air, Without A Care
Excitement Echos Through The Air
Tinged With Fear And Uncertainty
For Where We Are At
We Are Navigating Unknown Ground
Let Us Hope They We Have Learned Valuable Lessons From Our Past Six Months
Spent In Captivity, Lockdown, Restrictions For You And Me
Let Us Show These Kids
That Life Still Goes On
Guiding Them Through
Leading By Our Example
Showing Them The Right Things To Do
By Maintaining Social Distance, Following Health Guidelines Laid Down
Wearing Masks Showing Respect And Care
To Our Old And Vulnerable Folk
Teaching Them That This Virus Isn’t A Joke
Grandparents, Some Of Them Childminders Too
May Have To Stay Away Again
Watching From A Distance Those Who Were In Their Care
Getting On With Their Lives
The Best Way They Can
So Much Has Happened, Changed For Every Child, Woman And Man
We Have Shown So Much Resilience And Strength Of Will Through These Difficult Times
And Can Still
Let Us Not Fail Each Other Now In Our Time Of Need
Pay Heed

“Do The Best You Can Until You Know Better
Then When You Know Better, Do Better”
By Maya Angelou
Americian Poet & Activist

Pauline Byrne 2020
website www.aguidinglight.ie
Facebook page A Guiding Light

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