Living in a different world now 

This earth is not the same as

It was yesterday

More aware of

Who is standing beside us,

Behind us, touching us …

Fear is relentless!

You’re too close!

Death is relentless!

So much loss, so much pain

How much can one person bear?

How do you breathe?

How can you defeat an invisible enemy

So relentless, so persistent, so unmerciful?

Only when

Hope is relentless and

Faith is relentless!

Our willingness to sacrifice for and serve one another

And

Love is relentless!

Then will we be victorious!

We won’t give up! We can’t give up!

We too must be

We must be

Relentless!

This poem is from the book “More than Conquerors: Inspirational Poetry for a

Global Pandemic by Wilma Jean Turner, Ed.D.

Available online at Amazon.com