Covid Heroes

We entered 2020 with plenty of dreams
But finished the year with plenty of death
No one expected the Covid 19
As we were closing up 2019
Many laughed calling it a white man's disease
Until the lockdown when we couldn't move with ease

Many were locked up and felt hopeless

Apart from essential workers
Like nurses and doctors
Who went on the frontline, to fight corona virus
Made their lives vulnerable to save others
Suffocating in masks and watching many die
Putting on protective gear to help the infected
Some were under paid but served the best way
Others under experienced but helped either way
Living in quarantine away from family
Shaking under their skin scared of calamity
Acting brave infront of everyone else
Breaking down amongst themselves
But fighting on, to keep the world safe
Hoping for a day they'll breath without a mask
While executing well their every day task,
Every one was worried but a few stood out
Health workers became heroes and truly helped out
Risking everything to fight the Covid sting
But some bosses just turned a blind eye
On the health workers who'd always try
We prayed everyday for a better day
Though right now some never made it
We'll never forget their true sacrifice
The conditions they lived that were sad
The words that they heard, good or bad
Pushing through to the best that they could
And believing for a day when all will be good.

A tree is just a symbol of life

From a seed meant to bring it alive

And to see us remember their lives

Is a sign that their effort, saved plenty of souls

They planted the seed and we reap the fruit.

A moment of silence as a humble salute

For the heroes that served and sadly left

For: Ashraf Enger