2020 Hindsight

I came in unassumingly enough as you played

Another promising decade of what to be made?

I gave early warning with ravaging bush fires

Just a coincidence to all the deniers

Those nobly sober in January suddenly a missed opportunity

To revel with others and do so with impunity

I should have let some of you have respite in July

Those that would love you to believe it’s a phase passing by

That some ignore and misinterpret that Black Lives matter

Think they’re showing their smarts with ‘all lives matter’ patter

I blew out a large but not so mighty Trump

(though he’s yet to admit he’s for the jump)

Given people who like Icke have the almighty hump

Some took joy in leaving historic allies

The grass being greener on the other side lies

I kept you from the ones you love and adore

And yet somehow you managed to endure

The many you loved their host gone

The beacon on those trying to save lives shone

I’ve highlighted the lives of others and the unjust disparity

But also offered up needed life affirming stories of humanity

Now I’ve left you and let in 2021

And despite my best efforts, somehow, you’re not all undone

It’s the hope that kills you and yet it’s the hope keeps you going on