Home Isolation

There is no quiet in home isolation
In our home, a small nation

Runs

Around, Words and feet
We are running out of meat

Now

Fast words, loud feet
Loud words, fast feet

More

Then seven
Now fourteen, good heavens

Up above

The rice, on the pantry shelf
I now have lots of help

To reach

The magnificent seven beings
In our home I am seeing

Seven

Releasing words
So many they cannot all be heard

At once

I ask myself “How many words can an ear eat?”
Until it’s full, what capacity does it meet?

In Measure

How does a person know,
If they have had an Ear full?

Of News

Next week will be a spike of cases
Globally I see many faces

Frightened

Groups of people, if I attend
Will it be my end

Two

People close to the family died
Can’t go to funeral to say goodbye

You

Sent the young adults to the store
Is that safe? You can’t handle hearing anymore

Death

Spread has not yet peaked
How many will it be next week

End

The pandemonium, limited food on the shelf
Focus on others, not wealth

Or else

This will never end
Call a family member or friend

Now

Check in, help them out
The sick and the elderly – shout out

Loud

Collaborate and share
Make all of us aware.

Of Weapons

Our Hands, to be cleaned often
By doing so will soften

Impact

Of being home
Certainly not alone

By myself

Reflecting on breath
On thankfulness not wealth

Of a nation

United we must be
Together we must see

People

Compassionate, holistic
Putting others first

Place

Yourself on hold
Watch from home as things unfold

Across the world

Health the great equalizer
Let’s hope this makes us all wiser

To all people

Making a difference
In a role of offence or defense

THANK YOU

Function of the Hand

COVID-19 – Collaborating a Contagion