In the face of Affliction poem by Krystal Volney

In the face of Affliction by Krystal Volney

For Chuck Feeney

Since the Pandemic, we’ve lost family

and loved ones leaving us broken-hearted.

Honour their deaths as we honour experts

and world leaders amid global strife.

I’ve seen good people learn to cooperate;

together they avert a deadly fate.

Those who refuse to heed authority,

have their own tales to tell.

Corporations have lost power, people

lost jobs;

many have been depressed- committed

suicide or died.

Trapped like poor birds in an infected cage,

living a distant dream. Sacrifice

after sacrifice, philanthropists eased

burdens created in this widening space.

(From second unpublished poetry book by Krystal Volney)

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