Cheering

We humans, we’re a social bunch,

We love to visit over lunch,

Or gather all together to,

Laugh and joke and ballyhoo.

But isolation, we abhor,

In Pandemic, e’en before!

We’re social creatures, to survive,

Those networks help keep us alive,

But as we age, those networks grow,

More limited as people go,

And if we don’t maintain or build,

Important needs won’t be fulfilled,

And real risks are amplified,

Like health, dementia, suicide,

What can be done to help them out—

Those lonely hearts we hear about?

Increase their people, draw a crowd,

Keep them busy, start it now!

Cause growing old’s not meant to be

Done alone. We all agree,

Today’s ‘Cheer Up the Lonely Day’,

To ascertain that they’re okay,

Let’s make a pact when this day’s gone,

We’ll make it daily from now on!

 

Photo Credit: Karen of bakinginatornado.comCause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So  Karen , Charlotte, Mimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week your breath, we're sure to take,We're celebrating Raspberry Cake!

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