Nothing Lasts Forever!

When there's aught to do yet warm sun shines

Burnished leaves inspire my rhymes

I contemplate friends far away

Who can't have visitors to stay...

It's human contact that we need

Not bargain shopping spurring greed

Consumer goods cannot replace

The spark of joy on a friend's face.

We de-clutter, read, drink to excess

Complain the world is in a mess

Play the blame game and accuse

Our leaders for their selfish views!

Meanwhile the world turns, ice floes melt

Job are lost, more tighten belt

Computers invade all our lives

We stare at screens, not bright sunrise.

News is a no-no - gloom and doom

The needle's stuck in this sad tune ...

Six months in, end of our tether

But - no pandemic lasts forever!

(c) Poet in the woods 2020