Bring Australia Home.



Bring Australia home!

The rules are changing fast,

they expect us to obey,

but how to follow rules

that change from day to day?

Like puppets on a string,

that someone has to guide

they're the leader of Australia

and are meant to have more pride.

Work and learn from home, they say,

don't forget the social distance

the consequence is pay a fine

If we want to show resistance.

Communities separating

lives turned upside down,

and while we isolate ourselves

they rid Australia of her crown?

Let's get one thing straight

before we follow every word,

as trust is needed mostly here

as this change has been absurd.

While we divide and isolate

our country is in their hand

to divide us we may fall

but as a country we still stand.

Australia may have changed

but the people remain the same

so if our country falls apart

we know just who to blame.

We have pride in our homeland,

they can bring Australia home,

so we can live our lives again

In a country, free to roam.

Not one made in China

not a country pushed aside

but a country we call home

and a leader with Aussie pride.

Stay home, we keep each other safe

more time for family too,

we have to keep this virus away

as it seems, it sticks like glue.

So when you touch a surface

twenty seconds, wash your hand

sneeze or cough into your elbow,

that tape marks where you stand.

No more than two people together

family or functions can have more

makes me feel uncertain

If they even know for sure.

As we learn a different way to live

I hope we all stay strong

then wake up from this nightmare

In the country we belong.

We will stand as one again

not isolate or divide

all of us, as proud can be

because we still have Aussie pride.

About this poem

All about the beginning of covid-19 in Australia when the rules would change from day to day, as Noone had a clue.

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Written on March 31, 2020

Submitted by fryarcynthia577 on October 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Cynthia Gai Fryar

I am a 42 year old mother to 2 young adult daughters, and carer for my oldest daughter as well as my mother. We live on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. I have a passion for poetry, writing, and anything to do with nature and spirituality. more…

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