Connie LaBouff
Coronavirus Rx for Trump
I write you a script for Divine understanding.
A purple pill of royal spiritual wholeness.
Your greed and hate destroy this world through centuries of time.
Many have come illuminating the virtues of greatness.
Empathy, Kindness, Love and Understanding.
Yet you block your hearts with the things you cannot take.
The gleam of your coins and trophies blind your vision to humanity.
But be warned this pill comes at a price.
The side effects of enlightenment may burn you.
Your eyes may tear with the sadness for the world’s pain.
Your heart may break for the injustice that enslaved nations and stole the innocence of children.
But the outcome of clarity is your everlasting ripple of compassion through eternity.
Immortality is not found in the achievement of power.
But only in the touching of souls.
—Submitted on
Connie LaBouff writes: “I am the wife of a frontline Covid-19 internal medicine doctor. She and I are adjusting to life with our four kids in this time of coronavirus while she works full-time caring for and testing patients for a Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to compassionate care of the homeless, low income and substance abuse disorder patients in Camden, NJ.”
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