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Ode to Corona
\nYou have brought the whole world to its knees????
\nHumankind have lost their sense of peace
\nSent down by a power even greater then you
\nTo teach us a lesson or two
\nWe realise upon reflection, ????
\nThat Our existence depends on interaction????
\nThat no matter who we are or what we do, ????\u200d\u2640\ufe0f????\u200d\u2642\ufe0f
\nAll Our lives have halted because of you
\nA powerful existence yet so microscopic????
\nYour occurrence has been Epic ????
\nWithin a tiny little droplet, you are nestled????
\nWreaking havoc wherever you have settled
\nCarelessly we go about, then upon us you sneak
\nMockingly you look down on us, as you reach your peak????
\nAffecting each one differently ????????
\nWhile characters change Uniquely
\nYou are fearless
\nRendering us, restless????
\nYou said Stop, Listen n Protect ????
\nBut instead we Move, Ignore and React
\nMankind has loved and lost????
\nEven then, did our hearts become soft?
\nHave we realised that upon a greater being we are dependent
\nOr have we lost our minds and become despondent ????
\nFear, doubt and\u00a0\u00a0panic in number are rising
\nWhile empathy love and compassion are dying
\nLet us bow down our heads n pray????
\nFor prosperity to come our way
\nThrough distance we have to be apart????\u200d\u2640\ufe0f????\u200d\u2642\ufe0f
\nBut together we can be in our hearts????<\/p>\n
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Faheema Ayob –\u00a0 Radio Islam Listener\u00a0 Ode to Corona You have brought the whole world to its knees???? Humankind have lost their sense of peace Sent down by a power even greater then you To teach us a lesson or two We realise upon reflection, ???? That Our existence depends on interaction???? That no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[132,5453],"tags":[5526],"class_list":["post-33653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion-and-analysis","category-social","tag-covid19-ode-poem-radioislam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Corona.jpg?fit=284%2C178&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-8KN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 20:15:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}