Lockdown! Look up!

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Mon, 01 Jun 2020
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Time to stop
time to rest
recuperation
and reflection
time to notice
colour, sound
scent and growth
in nature all around;
become more aware
of family needs
and neighbourly care
– greetings, enquiries,
cards, gifts,
empathy, sympathy;
time for repentance
of selfishness,
atheism
(seek him, is he there?
can he hear? –
test him – honest test)
time to take stock:
lockdown –
locked out from …
look up, new  …

 

Certificate U
Poem
Christian, Biblical
Philosophy
Nature
Love

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rhiannon,

I like your poem about being adaptable to situations and seeing the good.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. Although this situation has been so hard for many, many others have benefitted form this unusal time of having time suddenly on their hands to take stock, and gain …
Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Cherries appreciated, thank you. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by ice rivers on

what's that sound everybody look what's goin' down

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks.

It's easy to give in to frustration, anger,self-centredness,  rather than positive gain from difficult circumstances, even from wrongs done, both personally and in trying to do benefit to others. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Two men look through the same bars, one sees the mud, the other the stars."

This is very nice Rhiannon, with the right attitude, staying positive and keeping good sense of humour we can endure much more hardship and help others the same. Was it Shakespeare? Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so.

All the best, like a bald man, keep the bright side up! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Tom.

Yes, so easy to make things much worse for oneself and others, and miss opportunities like the rest of having to stop so much during lockdown, and notice what is missed in the daily rush.

As for your 'baldness' joke, I remember one young son, as he went up the stairs looking down on his Dad's head and asking why he had a 'hole in his head'!

Rhiannon