life is a bummer
when it doesn’t unfold
as we expect
when pandemics
confine us in so
many ways
when we lose those
we love or
health gets complicated
but never forget
it’s another hiccup
for life will pick up
while ever we still breath!
d’Verse, bum x 44 words, De Jackson
aroused 
Yes. It will. Inspiring read. Thank you for sharing 😊
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Indeed..
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Nice one.
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Eventually there will be light at the end of the tunnel. 😉
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yes it may be distant but it’s definitely there ❤
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Wonderful poem! The photo is awesome also…beautiful place. Life has many twists and turns, but there is always beauty to be found. In the tough times, inspirational poems like this one lift our spirits…it reminds us that better days are coming.
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they are indeed Linda … the sun will eventually shine after the storm 🙂
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Thank you for your Heartfelt post.
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We hope so, Kate.
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Plenty to discourage us, Kate.
Not everything, though. Just once in a while, the sun shines through the clouds. Don’t expect it, of course, but still hope for it nonetheless. This thing can’t gain a foothold where dreams still wander.
A vaccine and everything-back-to-normal tomorrow? Not likely. Nor is Lockdown Forever, either.
When the moment comes, and it will, the scale tilts back in our direction, will we be fit to receive it? We will if we retain what makes us human – our hopes, dreams and generosity.
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I truly believe that belief in goodness will prevail. I also believe that science will work out a vaccine soon that will be available to all. Because it is for all that we must be concerned with.
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Bummer, indeed, but we keep plugging along.
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Yeah, all just hiccup. We will pick up. Pandemic will go…… and people will smile in the streets back again.
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Like what you’ve written kate — come I invite you to time travel with me.
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[…] I wrote it for Kate, based on her own heartfelt post which you should read, here, and also in response to a few difficult moments between her and I, during which she questioned the […]
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What an important poem! and thank you for sharing hope, SweetKate! 🙂
I really do believe those who have passed on would want us to hang onto hope AND they’d want us to live our lives to the fullest. When I pass on, that’s how I will feel…I want others to keep finding the joy, keeping hoping, and keep making a positive difference in the world! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
PS…They layers of nature in your photo make me grin! 🙂
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‘…while we still breathe.’ Yes! hanging on to that thought, and at least nature has had a break 🙂
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Life is indeed a bummer, this year especially, but a view like the one in your image does give us time to breathe. I have great sympathy with those who live in cities and get no respite during lockdowns. I like the play on hiccup and breath – like hiccups, we will get over it.
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The little bump on the road has grown into a hillock
But we’ll eventually dissolve the troublesome hiccups
Whoops, forgot the music/video…
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Its getting scarrier when you already know personally some.people who are affected…a father of one of our closests friends died of covid and its devastating..
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My home province is now again on a mandatory lockdown.
Sigh…😐
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ahhh. hiccups is such a creative way to put it. indeed. we breathe and we breathe.
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In the throes of trauma it seems to last forever. I like the light at the end of the tunnel of your 44.
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there is always light Lisa, we just have to know it’s there and head towards it 🙂
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Your last two lines make a lot of sense, because life sure has a better chance to pick up while we still breath than when we stop breathing! 😉
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I love your beautiful ocean view! It is really a bummer when you have to stay in all the time. Great Poem Kate!
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You’re absolutely right Kate. Life has ups and downs but it goes on.
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Beautiful piece, Kate. You grabbed my attention straight away here with:
“life is a bummer…”
Indeed it is, and especially even worse with the pandemic. I love your hopeful themes and positivity. This will eventually be overcome and life will find us in different paths that can be best for us and what we need, hopefully. Beautiful piece and writing.
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Beautiful. ☺
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Good thoughts to live by.
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It has been another tough weekend leading to a tougher week so far. Not looking forward to the Friday funeral for the daughter of a friend and fellow parishioner. She was only 22. I have not lost hope. No matter how many times my legs get swept from under me I’m determined to get up and carry on. Still I can’t help thinking 2021 will be a better year!
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kaykuala
for life will pick up
while we still breath!
Where there is life there is hope certainly, but it is taking a bit of time this time around!
Hank
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bet those in war zones think the same …
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Yep, life is a rollercoaster. Good write.
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Yes it will ❤ ❤ Thanks for the reminder!
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Nice poem. Waiting for the bump to be over.
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eventually Bella, eventually 🙂
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Life is never definite
Never a straight line
The planet’s catching Covid
But me, I’m doing fine
We’re all here in the tunnel
But light is at the end
No-one knows how far it is
But we can just pretend
That this is what is normal
This is how we go
Wash your hands and wear your mask
Don’t let your feelings show
I’ll see you on the other side
Whatever’s there to see
Life is just what life becomes
What will be will be.
Now don’t lie to me Kate – you were scanning all that looking for the offensive bit, weren’t you?
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I hope so. I really hope so.
Up to gratitude 1333 🙂
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Hope this is true! Lovely words…
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I feel this, down deep. Such a strange year. Can’t wait until it’s history.
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Despite the incertainties of this time , your poem , Kate, is a message of hope for everyone .
Love ❤
Michel
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I like your long distance prognostication, but tomorrows are hazy as we are forced to play hopscotch on a busy freeway; so for those of us fortunate enough to survive, we will dig it in retrospect.
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It’s been difficult, yes.
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Amen!
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In the long run, it’s just a bump on the road I guess
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