A Christmas Reflection
Christmas 2020 So here we are Christmas 2020 After a year of COVID-19 Which has reshaped our lives And for some Too many Their hopes and dreams for the future A year that has left us at best feeling that whole Christmas thing just seems a little bit harder this year amidst the weariness and grief and guilt – for some but there it is and here we are. This little piece of RNA this scrap of genetic material that needs a host to be alive Has changed our world For better and for worse We have watched the bumbling of so many governments around the world With so many paying the price with their health Their mental health Their lives. We have seen economies suffer And so many, women in particular out of work Struggling to pay the bills. And we have seen so many live sacrificially for others Medical people around the world Those in essential services working on despite the risk We saw neighbours looking out for eac...
