Please don’t blame the Pangolin…the World has Changed
The other night I was feeling a little down, so I had a word with myself! We are currently well, my cupboards are getting sorted, the garden looks amazing and my wonderful children shop for us and keep an “eye on us”.
I am not classified as needing to “shield” but nonetheless we are not allowed (by the family) to “put ourselves at risk” and the worst part about this is that includes HUGS… I am very tactile and I miss hugs especially from my grandchildren.
I started to write, and the result is below. It made me fell a little better I hope it does the same for you.
On a side note I love Pangolins and teh Cape Pangolin is native to South Africa and the most trafficked mammal in the world đ
Life has changed: Please donât blame the PangolinâŚ
Itâs not about the same things
Itâs about the things we miss..
The hugs, the high fives, the casual coffees we took for granted
We said âHiâ, We hugged, We randomly kissed on the cheek
We canât
We shouldnât
We popped out for stuff
We popped to the shops
We popped round to friends and to our family
We huggedâŚ
We didnât even think it may be taken awayâŚ
And it was
We canât
We shouldnât
Now we Zoom
We Facetime
We WhatsApp
We walk
We exercise to keep healthy
We Stay Home to Stay Safe
We worry
Whatâs happening to the world we knew?
You canât
You shouldnât
The scientists are working hard
âwe are all in this togetherâ
The journalists arenât mathematicians
They donât understand
They twist the words of Prof Chris and Sir Patrick
They make me so angry
I canât
I shouldnât
Boris is recovered
A new generation a new born
We need to be optimistic
Pessimism drains and kills hope , so
Donât say canât
Donât say shouldnât
They have tried their best
Who knew?
Who could ever have predicted that a virus
Potentially from the beautiful Pangolin, would challenge the most brilliant minds in the world?
They wonât say canâtâŚtheyâll keep thinking to find a solution
They will say it shouldnât have happened
If Pangolins been left alone
Not given mystical charms, crazily suggested,
an innocent animalâŚ
they never claimed to have magic in the first place
Some day in the future
We will fly
We will travel
We will sit in a theatre
We will dance together
We will hug
We will have coffee
We will meet with friends
We will âhigh fiveâ
We may not kiss a stranger on the cheek
We may not hug on a random meet
but someday (hopefully soon)
We will hug our grandchildren
We will hug our children
We will hug our friends
We will still say âIâm sorry I canâtâ
We will still say âIâm sorry I shouldnâtâ
because we are British and we apologise even when its essential for survival
So, we do our âbitâ
We clap
We pray
We make scrubs
We make PPE
We create hope
We cry and we say
Stay safe
Stay well
All the time thinking please protect our wonderful NHS
donât let it drown in cases
and together we will do our best to beat Covid -19
One day we wonât think I canât
We wonât think I shouldnât
We will look forward to a happy , different but fulfilled life
It will be a new normal
and then we know we are âon the other sideâŚâ