A joy filled field

Dublin Core

Title

A joy filled field

Subject

How Covid affected our appreciation of everyday living.

Description

A Joy Filled Life

 

Something that we cannot see has slowed us for a while,

It’s helping us to stop and contemplate

The challenge of our lives on pause; the value of a smile:

Right now we simply have to stop and wait.

 

Why did I take for granted all the simple things of life,

All the little things I did from day to day?

Why did I never notice all the joy I could derive

From the people I encountered on my way?

 

It’s just that life got busy and I never took the time

To appreciate the treasures close at hand,

Like the pleasure of a greeting or to feel your hand in mine,

Or to do the things that I had always planned.

 

For now with social distancing we keep ourselves at bay

From our families and friends who mean so much.

It goes against our way of life to have to live this way

And lose the comfort of a human touch.

 

But we will dance and sing again,

We know that we can bring again

The passion to begin again

The ordinary simple things in life.

Creator

Pat Griffin

Publisher

Kilkenny County Council Library Service

Date

2021

Rights

Kilkenny County Council Library Service, rights assigned

Format

Word Document

Language

English

Type

Text