Tunnel
To one who had just landed on this Earth,
The "tunnel" metaphor would seem bizarre.
"Light at the end?" But which light? Which tunnel?
A vaccine's like a freedom fighter's mind,
Kick-started after dormant for a while;
Targeting cold-blooded rooftop snipers,
Grown complacent from their easy conquests.
We think that it's over; it may well be.
But somewhere the beast lurks: throbbing, planning
Upcoming fruits of its skilled enterprise,
Its wake-up call, its next gift to the world.
Stephen Gospage
Mon 7th Dec 2020 17:17
Thanks to all for the comments and the likes. I desperately want the vaccine when it becomes available and am in awe of the scientists who have made it possible, but I think the "light at the end of the tunnel" metaphor has become a bit too much of a cliché (one I use myself, I might add).
Life is too complicated to be reduced to the difference between night and day. I'm tempted to talk of "shades of grey" but that's too much of a cliché as well.