Have compassion for the unhappy
In this latest powerful poem, Joy Johnson urges us all to have more compassion
Reading time: 2 min
Ring a ring roses
A pocket full of posies
Atishoo Atishoo
We all fall down.
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Fear of your friend
your neighbour
your fellow worker.
Fear the stranger.
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Stretch out a hand but
don?t clasp. Seize what?s left
on the floor
against the door.
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The kiss. The embrace.
We have feelings but can?t touch.
Shields shielding the shielded.
Hemmed in. Trapped.
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Our lips move. Our eyes see.
We hear. But we are not there.
We?re global. We?re local.
We could be in our living room.
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Lift up your eyes.
Listen to The Lark Ascending*.
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*The Decameron ? Giovanni Boccaccio
*Vaughan Williams
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By Joy Johnson
