Thursday, August 27, 2020

OH WILL THE BIRDS STILL SING?

                                                       Musings on Victory-in-Europe DAY, 2020

I woke up this morning,

And found myself humming

The strains of a World War II song;

Which dreamt of birds over

The white cliffs of Dover,

“Tomorrow…” when peace came along,

With joy and with laughter,

And peace ever after…

“Tomorrow…”, sighed this wistful song.

 

‘Twas then German Fascists,

Those self-declared racists,

Who’ brought the free world to its knee;

Now a germ, a new virus,

Unseen and insidious, 

Spreads quickly with fe-ro-city.

Sans rifle or cannon

This unbridled dragon

Does kill with such impunity.    

 

Are we in the mood then,

To dream of a time when

We’ll wake to a challenging day?

Or shall we just dream on

Of blue birds, a bright dawn,

And live through another “locked” day?

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