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We Wait

I Pick Up My Pen And Think

Are We Really Coming Out Of Lockdown Next Week

Are We Doing  What’s Being Asked, 

Required Of Us

95% Of Us Without Causing A Fuss, Are Doing It

Are Getting It Right

We Really Want To Come Out Of This Plight

In A Democratic Society 

The Majority Rules

In A Pandemic It Appears The Minority Act Like Fools

Disregarding The Rules And Guidelines Laid Down

That Are There To Guide The Way

To Keep Us Safe And Keep Danger At Bay

To Protect Us From Harm

We Keep Our Loved  Ones Out Of Arms Reach

We Are All Feeling The Pain

Willing And Praying For Them To Be Back In Our Arms Again

Telling Them How Much They Matter

Showing Them How Much We Care

For Ours And Their Safety

We Are Willing To Bear

The Loss Of Their Touch

The Days And Months Spend Without Them

At Times Feels Too Much 

This Is Not An Easy Ask

But We Are Showing, We are Rising To This Task

We Wait With Baited Breath

For The Number Of Cases To Reduce

The Death Knoll To Sound No More

To Hear, No More People At Death’s Door

We Will Come Through This Terrible Plight

Stronger Than Before

Just For Now We Still Need To Stay At Home Behind Our Door

©Pauline Byrne 2020

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