No More COVID

 

 

I dreamt the all clear was given

And COVID was no more,

Once again faces were exposed

And there was rejoicing galore.

 

Now we could drop our guard

And hug and kiss again,

Bajans went out and did business

Whether it was sun or rain.

 

People were so much nicer

And lent one another a helping hand

And Barbados became a nation

Where everybody was ‘fam’.

 

We gave people a lift in our car

Where before we could not

For fear that COVID would get us,

O we went through quite a lot.

 

The churches became full

Like they weren’t in a long while

And just simply being nice

Became the Barbadian lifestyle.

 

The economy picked up

And boy, it really took off

And everything looked radiant

Gone was the COVID dross.

 

 

The vegetation looked greener

And the air was quite refreshed

And people moved with one purpose

And that was to do their best.

 

It was so like heaven on earth

It was as if the Lord had come back,

We all spoke nicely to one another

And gone was the silly flack.

 

No vagrants were on the street

There was not a single one,

Everybody engaged in usefulness

Every single one was gone.

 

There was no such thing as the flu

COVID or otherwise,

And no one, I mean no one

Had to walk around in disguise.

 

There was still washing of hands,

After all that was hygiene

But we no longer had to be quarantine

Or even get a vaccine.

 

 

Tourists galore were coming

And the cruise ships too

And airlines too many to mention

Frequently came into view.

 

“This is the life,” I kept on saying

When suddenly it all changed,

I was lying on the floor

And the dream was out of range.

 

I tried to go back to sleep

So that I could dream some more

And so that I would not fall again

I remained there on the floor.

 

If an all clear had been given

It was not for the COVID storm

So, continue to adhere to the protocols

Until we are back to the norm.

 

Stewart Russell © March 2, 2021