Help!

 

 

Bombarded on every side

Information overload,

Some believable, some not,

Both subtle and bold.

 

A cacophony of noises

Assaulting one’s ear,

All in the name of the science

Yet causing much fear.

 

A proliferation of dissonance

And disequilibrium,

Loss of mental balance

And unreliable cognition.

 

Precariously positioned

Centre of gravity askew

And what to make of it all,

I really wish I knew.

 

A difference of opinion

From experts in the field:

Some apparently genuine

Others driven by greed.

 

How to tell who is who

Beats me for sure,

No wonder some of us say

We can’t take anymore.

 

I’ve heard from doctors

Whom I admire

But their contrasting advice

Says either way is dire.

 

 

There’s a lot we don’t know

The cry of some,

Meanwhile this COVID-19

Keeps us on the run.

 

It’s the worse it has been

From the time it had begun

Though given at one stage

We thought we had won.

 

From single digits a day

To triple figures now

Such that, no retreat no surrender

Becomes a hollow vow.

 

The vaccinated will die

In three years, some say,

But the unvaccinated are dying

Each and every day.

 

Two terms are stated

In almost every COVID death:

Comorbidities and unvaccinated;

We don’t have to guess.

 

One hundred family clusters

So, we now have a plague

Yet, not all of us are behaving

In a responsible way.

 

And given this trajectory

It will only get worse

For only responsible behavior

Can deal with this curse.

 

Adhere to the protocols

I know you know them all,

Together we have to stand

Or divided we will fall.

 

 

Think of another

As you think through all this

And as you do

Put family top of your list.

 

In any case the life you save

May be your own,

Help me help you

In this COVID-19 zone.

 

Help!

 

Stewart Russell © September 27, 2021