Holding Belief

Here and now we are lost!

Let me roar my frustration

as we head into a second

wave of lockdown.

 

As we are bludgeoned

into retreat.

 

Stay at home

or be swallowed up

by the anger

of populist

capitulation.

 

And yet we destroy

the economic

integrity of hope

thinking we are

saving lives?

 

When we are

simply

working

to imprecise

models

of living

and dying.

 

31/10/20

Author's Note

Reviews

[ROSALIND]

Felt the anger and frustration in this poem .
Emotional excellent write ..

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Rosalind, I guess many do feel such emotion about this situation.

[Amber Stone]

woahhh! master-piece, John! thank U, again.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you for reading Amber and for such generous reviews.

[John the Baptist]

Yesterday the US recorded over 92,000 new cases, a record. The end is not yet, the world over, save for maybe Taiwan. But like 1918, this too will pass.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed it will and in years to come people will look back and wonder what happened and why. Many thanks for reading JTB.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

there are so many sides, so many opinions on how this is being handled.
I don't know if anyone has all the right answers...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I agree Jacob but the unintended consequences will be blighting us and causing death for far longer than Covid -19. Many thanks for reading.