You | Hiam Terhile | Print Friendly

The world may have taken all from you
And all may seem to have gone from you
But the extraordinary thing about you
Is the resilience I have beheld in you
The right to keep hoping in you
Can not be taken from you
And this is most dreadful about you
When all the storm is come to calm you
The you in you will still be seen in you
Though they removed school from you
Learning is still an enviable part of you
May you not disappoint the hope in you.
Learn not to learn from leaders of you
They hope not the same hope in you.
The unbroken spirit bestowed on you
Is my only joy to hope in you.
Stay safe and learn the safety about you
For their evil expectation about you
Is sacrosanct as the corona against you.
'Stay home' is the message for you
For tomorrow is another day for you.

Poet's note: From the spring of 2020 through to summer, children all over the world were kept out of school due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Few of them had resorted to online learning but a majority were helpless. In some cases, the citizens had bemoaned the negligence of their leaders in providing the necessary palliatives that would take them back to the classroom. The poet sees hope in the children.