3am 13th December 2019 as election results roll in

This poem came up as a memory on Facebook and it appears that it never made it to my blog.  In fact when I read it I wondered who'd written it, apparently it was me.  

 

I actually feel more hopeful one year on; though Brexit agreements seem appear further away than ever and we'll probably crash out in a few weeks time.  But my hopeful thoughts for the end of 2019 are stronger, because I've seen people come together through the pandemic and it gives me hope?

It's dark at 3am

Nothing good happens at 3am

Especially at this 3am

As results poor in from around our country

Our country who I feel I don't know any more

Our country who seem to have voted not for the good of all

But for the good of....

Well who?

Not for themselves

Because the conservatives don't care about ordinary people

They care about the rich, the investors, the lucky

Yet somehow they've convinced a country

That they will get xxxxxx done

And that that will improve life for everyone

And to be honest I don't think I care about Brexit any more

There.... I said it!

I want to be in Europe

But more than that

I want to live in a country

That cares for everybody

The weak and the poor

The young and the old

Those with no hope

Those who need help

The sick and the nurses

The wonderful NHS workers

The kids and their teachers

The schools and their budgets

The social care system

The workers within it

But thanks to Brexit

None of that seems to matter

And, even more sadly

Ordinary people believe Brexit WILL fix it

That once we're independent

Everything will improve

We'll miraculously have nirvana

It makes me so sad

Because soon it'll be clear

That all of it was lies

The promise of improved lives

Another political disaster

Sold by those who love power

Oh what a night!

But wait.....

This is not the end of the story

There may be five years of Tory

But here in our country

Hope will shine through

A light in the darkness

From me and from you

Ordinary people will continue

To give to the foodbanks

Donate to the charities

Lobby our MPs

(Even if they don't listen)

Love our neighbours

Encourage the doctors

Support the teachers

Reuse and recycle

Smile at strangers

In every small action

You can see compassion

Added up it's a mission

Of goodness

That's what I'll focus on

That's what I'll see

The hope of humanity

It shines ever brighter

In the darkest of nights

Like tonight

So if you are feeling

The weight of disappointment

Or fear of the future

Take heart and remember

There are millions of us who care

Millions who do good

Millions who are in this life together

Things can only get better.