A Cowards Choice

During this pandemic it is our duty to humanity to consider things in the round.

Shall we cower in our homes

beneath the spectres

raised in broadsheet shrouds

and spewed in black half-truths

from the infected,

 spit filled mouths

of our leaders.

 

Shall we distance ourselves

not only from neighbours and friends

but from truth,

from our own mortality,

our inability to command the flood

of virus waves

cascading upon our shores,

and by opposing end them.

 

Shall we deconstruct society,

destroy our economy

and our children's futures

simply out of fear?

 

Need we send millions to food banks,

cause such savage destitution

and unemployment as to

garner a dystopian world

full of resentment and division?

 

Are we such cowards

that death can command

such a price,

at the cost of saving a few

good 'men' and true,

and a few really evil b******s too?

 

27/09/20

Author's Note

Reviews

[Cassie]

This is such an insightful piece of writing

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Cassie. We need to deal with this virus in a less harmful fashion.

[X]

Excellent questions John! The day will come we will look back at this time and wonder how were we led so stupidly like loony lambs to slaughter...The dooping of the people....:(

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed we have not considered the overall opportunity costs of locking society down. Scary stuff. Thanks for reading and relating Kira.

[X]

This too shall pass...