Can you hear it?
It’s the sound of silence
From a world struggling to survive.
It’s almost deafening
The cries from so many
Endless hours**
Tired feet**
Tired bodies**
Tired minds**
Crying inside with nowhere to put it.
Going home and washing and scrubbing
You just can’t seem to get clean!
Everywhere you look, this thing is invading our world
Splintering off and coming into our bodies
Breaking down our soul.
I’m not there**
Yet I feel like I have never felt closer
To so many hurting people.
Breathing** We do it every day without giving it a thought.
Now it’s a prayer for hope to breathe again.
Watching people die
Worrying that I am going to be next!
Even worse** Will I bring it home to my own family?
I can’t imagine how you all feel.
I am here at home, sick
Sometimes I am scared that I will die.
How much more pressure are we going to put on people
Who are doing all they can**
Not sleeping** Not eating
Barely having a moment’s peace.
Men and women worried about their own families
While they are working to save you** me** They don’t know who we are!
I know you have taken that oath** I have as well.
I was a nurse, then a counselor.
I have seen and felt the pain
But not like this** This is so much more
This is an invasion** That splinters off and gets under our skin!
We are a people that need each other
We are on a “hands off” world trying to get through the devastation.
I pray for all of you every day** I shed tears for the pain
I just had to say you are not alone!
This is a wake-up call, world
Our people everywhere** You need to hear those cries**
Feel their tears**
Never forget what these days have cost
So much pain and death for so many.
Julie Hanft, 62, is a best-selling author and poet who lives in Birch Bay.
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