Last night I couldn’t sleep
Over 10,000 - sleep is eternal!
Today I awoke - another day to keep
Over 10,000 -day forever nocturnal
Today I can breathe spring air
Over 10,000 have drawn their last
Today I can stay home in my chair
Over 10,000 - their life is past
Today I am alive
Over 10,000 have died
Today I’m staying home to survive
Over 10,000 lost their lives
Today I stood and sighed
Over 10,000 lives to mourn
Today I sat and cried
Over 10,000 won’t see a new dawn
What has this virus done?
Over 10,000 families left raw
When will this virus be gone?
Over 10,000 life’s are no more!
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It's terrible - the virus, not the poem (oops!).
It is 😢
A very clear poetic way of seeing this number and reminding ourselves of lives lose and lives left behind to mourn - a moving write Sue.
😢💕
The worldwide figures are of course higher and affect all in just the same way. After all, foreigners ARE human too.
But what, if anything, will we learn from this? What, if anything, will you learn from this?
I take in board what you say about the world wide figures and for which ever country I mourn the losses. Let’s hope many lessons have been learned🤞🏻
ANGELA HERE - Good Evening Sue. Thank you for your very elegant Poem - but with a tragic content. Repetition is very important in Classical Poetry ! The tenfold repetition of *OVER 10,000* sure emphasises your message. Flu is a CARONA VIRUS and COVID 19 is a very virulant mutant for which as yet there is no VACCINE (were working on it !) or CURE it just has to run its course - which (mainly with the 70+) can result in DEATH ! It is much more virulant than flu (1 in 1000 die) with CORVID 19 it is 1 in less than 100 ! I am an PHYSIO so I am aware of the Trauma inside the NHS which is at Beaking Point - 88,621 confirmed cases 11,324 deceased. The tragedy is that in the UK 19 NHS workers have paid the ultimate price - some of them who have come out of retirement to assist in BATTLE. It is estimated the final UK Death Toll could be much higher. This is why the end of lockdown is not in sight in the UK.
Thanks for caring and sharing
Yours ANGELA 💛💛💛
Hi Angela
Yes I am aware of all you say. Thanks for commenting. Stay safe. X
A powerful and touching write. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you x
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