Ramsbottom & Edenfield Team Ministry

A Poem of Hope

More than a year of this pandemic – we’ve really had our fill                                                                 without the social interaction, we’ve all gone downhill!

 Relationships in lockdown have been a blessing and a curse                                                                        but for all our irritations we vowed, ‘for better or for worse’

The world starts up again, but we’re all still stuck,                                                                                           in time, all will be fine – with just a bit of luck! 

it’s vital for our well-being that we should interact                                                                                    we’ve listened far too long to Boris – that is a plain fact!

‘No end in sight’ we hear – we’re  sick of being told off!                                                                              Passports, traffic lights, book, don’t book – we’ve really had enough! 

We miss our friends – we miss the jokes, the noise                                                                                          we miss the camaraderie– a night out with the boys!

we miss going to the park – and sitting on a bench                                                                                        we miss our distant cousins – it really is a wrench!

Masks are here to stay, but things should now move a pace                                                                   there’s one thing we will not miss – masks tied upon our face!

They say ‘explore our country’ and ‘holiday at home’                                                                                    but with our lousy weather we’d rather go to Rome! 

Europe is out until it’s ‘vaxxed’ – so we’re not yet free as birds                                                                    but told ‘beware new variants’ – those are the dreaded words!                                                                  and relief from restrictions could cause a third wave                                                                                        – that’s if we all go wild and do not behave!

We’ve done our best to stay healthy – we exercise, keep fit                                                                          but really do miss the company, the banter and the wit

Spectator sports are back again – how did we manage to keep sane?                                                              – football, cricket, tennis – small crowds will fit the bill                                                                                  no queueing allowed at Wimbledon – no crowds on Henman Hill! 

We’re in the ‘Roaring Twenties’, so get in the party mood                                                                        make contact with our friends, sing songs – enjoy the party food                                                                At  last we  re-emerge – reconnect and mix                                                                                                     we wrap up warm, we’re in good form and obey the ‘rule of six!’