Jeopardy

Our Parks, Beauty Spots, And Beaches Are Overflowing
With People Flaunting Social
And Physical Distancing Rules
Going Round In Groups Of More Than Four
The Majority Of Us Are Trying And Doing Our Best
To Get To Phase Two,
A Safer Place For Me And You
Why Do You Think And Act Like These Rules And Guidelines Do Not Apply To You ?
What Gives You The Right To Carry On Like You Choose To Do
In A Democratic Society
The Majority Has The Say
In A Pandemic It Appears The Minority Chose To Stray
We Need You To To Stick To The Rules
To Do What’s Right For The Good Of All
Before This Deadly Disease Takes Hold,
Takes Flight Again
And Travels,
Finding Hosts Among Our Young, Our Most Vunerable And Our Old,
And The Story Will Have To Be Told Of How We Managed Together
To Flatten The Curve
Stop The Spread Of This Deadly Dread
Only For The Few To Make Life Worse
By Bending And Breaking The Rules And Guidelines Set Down To Save Lives
By Acting Irresistible,
Why Act The Fool,
Undoing All The Good That Has Been Done While
We Have Come So Far Together
So Go Out And Meet Up With Loved Ones And Friends, Oudoors
Stick To The Rules Like The Majority Can
In Groups Of Four, No More
Stay For A While And Then Move On
Making Space For Others
To Spend Much Needed Time With Their Family And Friends Too
If We Care, We Share, Be Fair
We Will All Get There In The End
For If A Second Wave Comes Round The Bend
Our Frontline Medics Just Emerging From The War
Will Question What Was This All For
As They Will Have To Start Again
The Battle For Lives Won And Lost
Fought From Hospital Beds
We Will All Have To Count The Cost
For Those Who Choose To Break The Rules
The Price We Will All Have To Pay
In Heartache And Pain
Will Not Go Away For Many A Day
Dont Jeopardize What We Have Managed To Sustain
Dont Make Us Have To Start Again.
When We Answered Ireland’s Call
We Are Doing It Together
One For All

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