'The time has come to show who we are'
Professional Social Work magazine - 4 March, 2021. Share your COVID-19 experiences here.
The time has come to stand up and face
This moment that lingers
In the universe
Like a storm or a thunder
Crashing and banging and teaching us all
How not to surrender
The time has come to show who we are
Those unloved, uncared for, misunderstood
Or simply, those we just moved
From silence to screams, from back to front
To help and fight, remembering that the time for this battle has been right
For so long now
The time that has come is not to fade away
Not to disappear in the darkness of surrender and fear
That for so long we have felt and endured
Possibly thinking that we can all once again be cured
The time has arrived to stand together
Not alone
Against all who know better
To be heard and to listen, to hold hands and be held
And deliver hope that some said we only fake
That we pretend, do not care or we do
But not enough
To bear the disillusion of reality
The (dis)illusion of politics
The abuse of care, love…wait, what?
That we are just a bunch of useless losers
System players and should be stoned with bricks?
Forgotten, replaced, recruited in the name of what?
Humanity
The time has come to stand up and face
Endure the loneliness and fear with grace
Graciously glimmering in the glorious glare
For better and worse, for health and death
God forbid- DEATH!
We shall always hold your hand
And simply be there.
Natalia Phillips
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