This past year was filled with unprecedented challenges as we navigated through the many uncertainties 2020 brought us. Through pain and many losses, I was inspired to end the year with the following prose. Here’s wishing you and yours a Joyous New Year!
Goodbye 2020
You left us with plenty to ponder and to pray
forever changed as we faced each new day
You will be remembered as the year the world cried, the year innocent souls died
Hospitals and mortuaries overrun; first responders unsung
You taught us many lessons; and with tears we watered our blessings
2020 the world stopped; economy & common sense flopped
Families learned to huddle in their bubble
Our love persevered between window panes
We wondered if our normal would be the same
Children out of school, the art of teaching became a new tool
We discovered super heroes didn’t live in comic books; they were our neighbors
Be sure to thank them for their endless sacrifice and labor
Some of us learned to listen and to be still; while Covid-19 ravished and killed
We turned our eyes to the only help we knew while the church pivoted and grew
George, Breonna and Ahmaud ignited a revolution; the people vs the institution
Democracy took a bullet and survived because the people chose to rise
While politicians fought; the more toilet paper, masks, hand sanitizer and wipes we bought
2021 I’m glad you’re here. I miss the hugs, kisses and cheer
Goodbye 2020 broke up with you. I’m so glad we’re through.
Mae Catherine Godhigh – Copyright 2020
The Traveler Weekly 