Simple regulations

 

Simple regulations

 

Just wear a mask on your face

Give all people some extra space!

Wash your hands, keep them clean,

They might be hoarding things unseen.

 

We're frightened of invisible infection;

But we are lucky on reflection

We're living in the 21st century

Spoilt with modern technology.

 

In world war one, men so young,

So many died, hero's unsung.

A global pandemic, the Spanish Flu

It killed so many and out of the blue.

 

And then the Nazis killed many millions

The innocent lives of great civilians.

Global economic crisis, the consequence

And all we need is common-sense!

 

The Holocaust, The Korean war,

Worldwide unemployment we can’t ignore!

The famine, the elder generation know of

The years of rebuild, their labour of love.

 

We really have got no idea -

What hardship was during those years!

There has been much misery and war -

We've got a lot to answer for.

Some complain we wear a visor;

Rules are taken from our advisor.

Where we have food, shelter and heat

Hot running water in every street.

 

This might be a new outbreak

But with every new daybreak

The answer's simple, a small change

In our perspective, to us so strange.

 

Wear a mask, keep your distance -

Not a tall order to keep our existence!

But why so many with such resistance

We can beat this thing with our persistence!

 

We’ve got technology and Zoom!

It’s not like it was, the doom and gloom.

Spread the love, spread the word

So much support, we know, we've heard.

 

Mobile phones, P.C’s and even Netflix!

Instant entertainment with just a click.

We shouldn’t be moaning or feeling depressed

Hard-pressed or feeling stressed.

 

Just wear a mask, wash your hands!

Everyone in every land.

Simply follow all regulations

It will keep us safe, for generations.

 

Linda Lawrence September 2020