TENSIONS ON THE RISE

In this current pandemic with its polemic

We don’t all agree

You’ll see

Some are delirious because it’s so serious

Life is no picnic

So sick

Imagine the majority for whom disease is distant

Fortunate their strong bodies seem to be disease resistant

We hope that’s true

Health officials try to keep us safe

Laying down restrictions for the senior to the waif

It is nothing new

Covid’s not going away

It’s clever

Variants are here to stay

Forever

The population is divided not knowing whom to trust

Conspiracists and skeptics fill others with disgust

The problems grow

Demonstrations show

The disease is airborne and vaccines are barely born

We’re all supposed to be shot but many people are not

Tensions on the rise

No surprise

Debates run strong, about personal rights and choice

For what goes into our bodies do we not have a voice

Or must government decide?

An immense divide.

So we legislate vaccination passports, put wardens at the gate,

Creating a two-tiered society while generating hate

Proprietors with broad shoulders stopping none passport holders

The human cost is great

We’ll come out of this and we’ll be well again sometime

Look back at several years of sickness that we had one time

Loved ones lost, relationships damaged, opportunities vanished

Some candid medical professionals banished

And so much more

For sure.

© Ron Unruh, September 20, 2021