Hands Clean But Hearts Breaking

We’re Together apart.
Our Hands clean but hearts breaking.
This enemy lurks in the air we all breathe.
Across countries and continents, oceans and seas.
We’re a family now like never before.
United in love all differences gone.
As we face this new foe that has levelled us all.

What now of class distinctions, racism and hate.
Of hoarding money and chasing fame.
All attempts to impress seem so petty and small.
And the ‘other’ is now brother, sister and friend.
Together we grieve and try to stay brave.
Together we smile in the face of it all.

Look for the helpers a wise man once said.
When all seems lost you’ll see them step up.
The doctors and nurses, all hospital staff.
The carers still tending to others in need.
Shop workers our heroes, deliverers so brave.
What honour they deserve for their service to us.
For the risks they are taking so our lives can go on.

And the planet is breathing once more they now say.
Nature returns as we take a step back.
Pollution on hold as we self isolate.
Will we change in the light of this new spring we see?
Can we learn from this? The way we live now.
And step with more care in the new future we make?

Can hope still burn brightly?
I believe that it can.
Even though the darkness and shadows increase.
We have to hold on to and trust in love,
We know it exists in the core of us all.
It’s the image we’re made in.
It’s why we’re all here.
And it’s evident now as our hearts beat as one.

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