THE YEAR THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Twenty, twenty, what a year!
A rollercoaster built on fear.
Bats were blamed as sickness spread,
We’d no idea what lay ahead.
Dead bodies lay on China’s roadside,
Caught on film and shared worldwide.
The Chinese guided us with care,
Taught world leaders everywhere
How to lock their nation down,
How to silence every town.
Our leaders gently took our hands,
Led us gently as was planned.
They made it fun, we clapped and danced,
Our eyes on screens, quite entranced.
We learnt to Zoom, we didn’t mind,
Not seeing Granny now was kind.
Shaming people next was taught,
Granny killers must be caught!
Beaches filled with families playing,
Home was where they should be staying!
Protesting was quite accepted,
If black lives should be protected.
But dare to speak of lockdown’s pain
Your voice was silenced, all in vain.
Masks were next to keep the pace,
To keep us focused on the race.
To find the vaccine was the mission,
We had to share this global vision.
Then testing came to raise the fear,
And keep us locked up for the year.
Testing ramped up, cases grew,
False positives were not a few.
Healthy people were no more,
Silent carriers ‘caused’ this war.
Healthy people stayed inside,
Touch and love all were denied.
Until our lives became a shell,
Each day for many, living hell.
As days wore on and winter dwelt,
The toll of lockdown could be felt.
No more dancing or doorstep clapping,
Now tempers fray with families snapping.
Desperate people, broken now,
Looking to the sacred cow—
The vaccine is their promised saviour,
Let’s add it to the new behaviour.
They’ve said we’ll have to keep the mask,
Still keep our distance, they have asked.
Add the vaccine, we need all three
To make the Covid trinity.
So what lies ahead in this new year?
More of the same for those who fear.
BUT GOD HAS BETTER PLANS AHEAD
FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM INSTEAD.
Written by a friend of mine in England.
Let’s go into the New Year, leaving the old behind, trusting in God, not giving in to tyranny, but living according to God’s living Word, living in freedom and living the lifestyle He planned for us to live.
~ Nancy