DAys oF bRiGhT BriGHt YeLLOw
Covid surrounds me,
they say it can't be seen
they are wrong...it... Keens ...
it is sight, sound, colour, fight...
and i... plastic coated... a
warrior knight
but i am shamed...
i am scared...
my heart beats a yellow
between afraid reds
i am coward and cowed
to my shame, i am bowed...
Covid surrounds me, it looks...
like people whose lives have
fled
it looks like people who lay,
breathless in beds
i respond to the calls, on
unwilling legs...
but warrior am i
fearless...brave....
No, No, Not I...I'm a lie, I'm a lie
i am scared...a scared slave...
just a worker
not brave ....
Covid surrounds me, in
demands, in demands
in needs, in wants...ALL...
the beds reach dead hands...
but warrior am i...
NO... I'm Not...I'm a Lie
i am scared...a scared slave
just a worker...not brave...
and i'm shamed, i am scared,
my heart beats a yellow
between afraid reds
Covid surrounds me, i will put
wreaths on it soon,
whilst i pray to no god
that my own... isn't due
Marion Price(2020)
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OMG Jeeeees Christ Marion luv poor you:((( how on esrth can you keep safe tho :((( this is such a bloiody poignant powerful pen but alas I know it has conm straight from your yellow/red heart my lovely, briiliantly poetically talented friend, 100000’s pins for u my dear ❤️❤️❤️
Aw...thanks Jill for that lovely comment my friend...hugs 💕
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This virus is just awful. You are no Coward Marion. You are extremely brave. To go in day after day not knowing what tomorrow will bring. You are a hero, my dear friend!
And on another note, but connected to the poem, I have a friend who works in a care home. During the last lock down she reckoned she could smell the virus. She said she couldn't put her finger on it but there was a certain smell in all the rooms where Covid was present. Just thought I'd share that.
Again, fab poem! x
Hi Tina...honestly, we are truly not hero's. Well some of them are but my friends and I are petrified and suffer extreme anxiety before every shift...mostly because we no longer trust our wonderful NHS to.protect us ...thankyou love..hugs 💕
I have heard of many other NHS staff who feel the exact same. It's barbaric that you are expected to work in conditions where you don't feel safe. To still go in when feeling like that (yes, because you have to) makes you all heroes in my eyes. Are they not supplying you with decent PPE? Even that though has proven to be no barrier in some cases. I really feel for you. This vaccine will be out soon.... If you can even trust that. I am not sure about it. My son thinks it's the greatest thing. Hmmm... only time will tell I guess. I send you a ton of thank yous and hugs for you and all the other nurses and doctors doing way more than you ever signed up for xx
Yes..we have PPE now Tina...though mostly it is paper party masks but my trust is gone completely because of having to work without it in the beginning. I have seen, heard witnessed too much and no.longer believe anything I'm told. I have zero trust in my employer and I will never regain it. 😔😔😔
The injection?? God knows love...I'm just a minion..I'm just a HCSW ..most of the work for less of the pay and none of the glory!! I would be the one in green who you would see more of during your stay in hospital than anybody else...but you never see US on an episode of casualty ...lol...we are the real front line!!! Xxx
Bless you! A friend of my son has a brother who is a junior doctor in a London hospital. I heard some stories that would never reach the news. When I relayed what I'd heard, people just said "no, I saw on the news, it's not like that." But I believe the people who are actually working in the conditions. Try and keep yourself safe xx
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