I’ve written a few poems likening mankind to a virus destroying the planet.
As I work from home and follow the guidance on Social Distancing I hear reports of less silt in rivers, less traffic on roads and less aircraft in the sky. Dependant on which study you believe, it takes between 21 and 66 days to change a habit, perhaps once things start to settle down we will remember some of our new habits and the world will be just that little bit better.
Flattening The Curve
So the virus has a virus,
Mankind is not the boss.
The body we inhabit
is striking back at us.
Oh we’ll overcome it
but it'll never be the same,
a bit of social distance
may really change the game.
Perhaps we'll change behaviours
and flatten our own curve,
to help reduce the damage
we do to planet Earth.
John Carré Buchanan
29 March 2020
This pesky virus seems to have galvanised us all into writing again, John. It's interesting how poetry always comes into its own when major life events occur.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Richard, unfortunately working from home is keeping me too busy at the moment. Still the ideas are forming :-)
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