Tuesday, April 21, 2020

In this together


Reach out
Call someone
Keep them close
While keeping them safe
Physical distancing is hard
Let’s connect
By phone by video
We are all one
In this together
In lockdown
©Sheilagh Lee  April 21, 2020

Monday, April 20, 2020

Sending love and prayers to #NovaScotia #onenationinmourning


Twenty people their lives
Taken
Maybe more
Lives cut short
By senseless violence
Biggest mass murder
In Canada no credit to
The evil man
Who shall evermore be nameless
His death uncounted 
Unmourned
Who pretended to be a cop.
Innocent people
Dead
A police officer/ mother dead
Another one injured
Evil came to Nova Scotia
Or hearts hurt and
We mourn
We cry
Even if we remember and pray
They rest in peace
We need to make sure this
Never ever happens again

twenty of the victims of the Nova Scotia Shooting : April19.2020
R. I. P. ~Constable Heidi Stevenson, Aaron Tuck, Jolene Oliver and Emily Tuck, Sean McLeod, Alanna Jenkins, Tom Bagley, Lisa McCully, Heather O'Brien, Kristen Beaton, Greg and Jamie Blair, Lillian Hyslop, Gina Goulet, Elizabeth Joanne Thomas and John Joesph Zahl, Corrie Ellison, Dawn Madsen and Frank Gulenchyn, Joey Webber.



Sunday, April 19, 2020

We are human


Adversity
Human nature
To overcome
We fight, fight, fight
We win
Human nature
To crave human contact
Too
But we know that’s
Not possible right now
But we will win
If we stick it out
Because we are strong
We are invisible
We are human
©Sheilagh Lee  April 19, 2020

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Safe at home


Lockdown
Nothing altered
All the same
Accept the deaths 
Of course
And the grief
As people 
Young and old
Sick or dying
Fall
3 different strains
Knocking on the door
Open up
Not a chance
I’m staying inside
Safe at home
Wide spread testing
Needs to happen
Then the cure
For all to change

©Sheilagh Lee  April 18, 2020

Friday, April 17, 2020

A little longer please


Open the border?
Not quite yet
We’re not ready
You see
The virus hasn’t quite
Reached its peak
Testing hasn’t been done
We’ll wait a little longer, 
I prefer my parachute please
©Sheilagh Lee  April 17, 2020

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Sun is going to shine


The sun is going to shine
The days are going to get long
The vaccine is going to come
We all have to wait it out
But good days will come
©Sheilagh Lee  April 15, 2020

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Isolation


Isolation
Not just a word
We’re all locked in our homes
Some alone
Some with someone
Some with family
Frustration
Missing connection
With others
We yearn
For that link
Friendship
Family
We are all missing
But we stay
For the same reason
Because we love
Friends and family
We will endure
Until the vaccination comes
That frees us from
These invisible bonds
©Sheilagh Lee  April 15, 2020

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Go away


I hear my grandchild cry
When can I see you Grandma?
Come here, come here.
My heart breaks a little
I miss her so
But I know I am doing this for her
I am keeping both of us safe
Soon we’ll be together
Soon we’ll hug and cry
And smile
We we’ll win
We will this make this virus go away.
©Sheilagh Lee  April 14, 2020

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Missing Dad


Dad I miss you
I miss our talks
The way you said my name
The lopsided smile
That made me beam
You singing to your records
The song you said was about mom
The smile you gave only to her
The love you showed her everyday
With gestures big and small
The poetry you shared with me
The way you showed us
You loved us your children
And grandchildren each and everyone
I miss you
But I know someday
Very far way
Will be together
Again
Happy Birthday Dad



©Sheilagh Lee  April 12, 2020

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Missing you


Missing loved ones
Hearing my grandchild cry
Over the phone
Why can’t I see Grandma?
Why can’t I see Grandpa?
Two year olds don’t know
Why
We sit in our homes
Avoiding each other
Physical distancing the rule
But we as adults know
We’re saving them
We’re saving us
Even as our hearts
Break a little
We’re trying save
The world
Let’s hope it works
We're in this together
We'll do our part.
©Sheilagh Lee  April 11, 2020

Friday, April 10, 2020

Good Friday


Good Friday
Black Friday
A day of prayer
A day of remembrance
Remember how Jesus died
To save our souls
Remembering the resurrection
Prayers sent
Thanks given
We remember the gift given
And again give thanks
To the lord above
For giving us his only son
A sacrifice most profound
Could we do the same?
©Sheilagh Lee  April 10, 2020

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Vimy Ridge 103 years

Vimy Ridge 103 years 

103 years have passed
Vimy Ridge a distant memory
To some people’s minds
But Canadians fought for king and country
All four divisions coming together as one
As they walked across
No man’s land
To secure a victory
Filled with sacrifice
They gave us
The gift of nationhood
Canada at last
To grow our uniqueness
And make us all one
We shall never forget
Those brave men
Loyal Canadians 
Who gave their all.

©Sheilagh Lee  April 9, 2020

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Praying


Masks to protect you
Masks to protect me
Masks made of cloth
Whatever people can find
Simple things
Like grocery shopping
A terrible chore
A cough is heard
People run
Panic ensues
People go home
Hideout
Pray it passes
Hope the virus
Leaves

©Sheilagh Lee  April 8, 2020

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

The Human Way


Retooling
Making jobs
Saving Lives
Helping others
With ingenuity
The human way
Patience spread with kindness
To those who are acting out
Scared
We will find our way
For we are 
Canadians
Earthlings
All one


©Sheilagh Lee  April 7, 2020

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Vacuum


Life, in a vacuum of facts
Big brain sucking in half-truths
Disposes of what doesn’t fit
Heard of a cure
Untested, but it will work
Ideology
Push this fact forward
So what if a few die?
Strong economy
Money, money, money
Echoes in the mind
Open up businesses
Dismiss proven experts
It will all be over soon
©Sheilagh Lee  April 5, 2020

Saturday, April 4, 2020

Baa Baa Black Sheep


Have you any masks?
One for the hospitals
And one for the nurses
One for the doctors
To save them from the worst pass
But the US has issued decrees
You can’t import them
We’re keeping them for ourselves
And other medical needs
Just save yourself
You can make them from cloth
We’re keeping them for Americans
Not Canadians
Now look at us and do your worst
You namby, pamby, too polite Canadians

Is it profiteering?
Is it selfishness?
Or both?
What makes someone claim
All the medical supplies are theirs
We share a border
We share businesses
We send medical staff
Dcotors and nurse
Across the line
We give and we give
You take and you take
Now you want to us
To give everything
And leave us nothing?
We are not the dirt
Under your feet
We are not expendable
For your mistakes
We care about you
Though sometimes
You seem 
The black sheep
Of the family
We share, because we care
We are in this together
Let’s work together
And save us all
Ventilators and masks for all

©Sheilagh Lee  April 4, 2020

Friday, April 3, 2020

Kindness Prevails


Life in the time of uncertainty
Precious moments missed
Precious moments doled out
Over internet we share
A smile a wave to relatives
Friends too
Connected by voice and hope
Near and far
Stories told by voice and video
Intimacy communicated
That human need to be
With people still survives
Even with physical distancing
We are one
In this together
Kindness prevails
We’ll survive
Humanity will win.
©Sheilagh Lee  April 3, 2020