This year of vision
Illuminating all within
A mirror cracked and clouded
Plans forgone
Lives gone
The certainty of uncertainty
The depths of pain
Bitterness and rage
Of those who rail against injustice
burning in their own flames
the mirror turns, we see
fear
hidden behind a mask
alone in a room
no hand to hold
through a looking glass
Alice colours pictures of rainbows
And plays with her kitten wondering when
School will be school again
The mirror turns, reflecting
Lights of compassion
Gifts to a stranger
Faces on a screen
The courage to continue.
Twenty twenty, year of vision
May the light of hope
Illuminate the way forward
Jo Collett 18/6/2020
