Someone in power issues an edict and the ripples and rivulets of this decision
impact a teenage couple and their relations
Pregnant, uncomfortable, not good for travel - I am sure Mary and Joseph had plans for a birth
at home, surrounded with love, somewhere for a loved child.
But, instead after a tedious, unwanted isolated journey, they arrive
and Jesus is born - laid in the hasty equivalent of a drawer lined with straw.
An animal feeding box, for a treasured boy.
This morning, isolation threatens - again.
Sometime, someone in power will issue an edict
And the ripples and rivulets of this decision
will impact families. Loved ones in care homes,
people in their twenties longing for parties and the relief of some fun.
Lonely and vulnerable people, those who struggle with solitude.
the workers for whom WFH means a cramped space on a sofa in a shared house.
The packers and drivers, small companies and supply chain workers
And their families. Minimum waged, lacking in paid sick pay.
Many on zero hours contracts.
But the people on high couldn't give a toss.
what is a little decision like that to them?
it's not like they will feel the impact
For them, the party will go on.
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