The Only Topic

The Only Topic Every Morning I get up and the very first thing I do, Is switch on the Teli, to find out the latest Hullabaloo. Well it might be Carl, Sam or Kochy/Kochie on 7, 9, SBS or the ABC. They won`t be talking about murder, riots or some ship in a storm out to sea. You guessed it, it’s the Corona virus their on about and how much damage it has done. The effect upon our economy, all the latest fatalities who have unfortunately succumbed, the stats of infected ones. I`ve heard it all before, for months and months, on they go, But I need to hear it again and again, even though it makes my spirit low. We have mostly forgotten all the millions in refugee camps, around the place. The starving, abused and mistreated who daily, have the same old issues to face. We worry about the mental effects this is having on the people of our Land. When we should be thanking God above for our fortune rare and Grand. There is still a heap of freedom, plenty of food for us to buy. Money from the government and civil servants who still care enough to try. This is not a time of sorrow but a time to come awake. To see what we are made of and give the crud a shake. This world has always seen tragedy, wars, famine, disasters and pain but it also has beauty, warmth , love, mateship and life giving rain. So buck up ol chaps and put a grin above your chin Not everybody loses and not everyone will win. But we can all make our choices to either cry, grizzle or complain Or to rejoice while the breaths still in us and to keep ourselves sane. The virus isn’t here to deny us, rather it is another sort of test, And like every challenge in history before, we will beat it just like we did the rest.