Christmas is now over and this dismal year is almost through
The Province is now in lockdown and what will you choose to do?
Will you follow all the guidelines and listen to what they say?
Or just ignore it all and treat it as just another day?
Most will stick to the protocol because they want to do all they can
Some will just continue to deny and just brush aside this ban
Those who oppose it refuse to participate in this fight
Yet they are the first ones to complain when things aren’t going right
The vaccine seems to be the only chance we got
Then you’ll have some people who’ll refuse to take the shot
This coming new year will start off worse than the year before
The cases of this virus will accumulate and soar
Christmas and New Years’ wave will peak early in the next year
Hopefully this will be its final crest before we see it disappear
I venture it won’t be until the summer before things turn around
Who knows how much longer it will be before we’re safe and sound
Because people travelled during this holiday season
The numbers will eventually increase for this very reason
Those who missed their relatives chose to make their trip
A family tradition that they just didn’t want to skip
They were thinking of their kin that they haven’t seen in a while
Wanted to visit them in person and give them all a smile
For some it was a short jaunt, others had to travel coast to coast
Those who did the journey, thought of themselves the most
Disregarding all the caution that’s there in plain sight
Hopped into their cars or booked themselves a flight
Spreading germs to one another as they went along their route
Not concerned with anyone as they went all about
Who knows how many people were infected on their travels
Wait a few more weeks and things will soon unravel
The numbers will spike again and more people will be dead
Just because all these individuals refused to stay at home instead
Still they won’t give a second thought to all of those who will perish
It’s only their own lives that these folks really choose to cherish
The Black Sheep Poet 