The government says our schools will be safe
Yet many a mistake they’ve made in haste
Like the fiasco of exam results
Should we, to them, our children’s lives entrust?
Doctors are saying the guidance is wrong
Kids aren’t immune and they will pass it along
To the vulnerable, parents... teachers too
It makes sense to learn more, not act too soon
Our families are, our most precious gift
We only want to choose, without conflict
Instead, we’re threatened with penalties... fines
Too late to repent when people have died
It’s now proven COVID lingers in air
That to safeguard ourselves, masks we should wear
That children will be infection drivers
Implications of this... are not minor
I know our economy’s suffered... but
Potential consequences make me shudder
Haven’t we already lost too many?
How many more loved ones must we bury?
Aren’t you, our government, there to protect?
Your strategies so far have been inept
Lack of PPE, dire Track and Trace
Our country’s death toll... a shocking disgrace
Please heed our cries, the vulnerable protect
Don’t lead our teachers to an early death
Don’t make any more kids become orphans
Allow parents their offspring to stay home
Yes... children’s mental health we must protect
But will it be, if their parents are dead?
Let’s learn from the tragedy in care homes
Allow kids to thrive in COVID free homes
So please let us now avert tragedy
Let your names go down in our history
As wise leaders, who saved us... were heroes
Don’t leave for all time this death bell to toll
© Debbie Razey 2020 - Violet Moon Poetry.
Both Poem and Photograph
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