It is the week before Christmas
and I’m feeling a little down 
Covid is still making the news
there’s a new variant in town 

They have named it Omicron
pronounced in many different ways
We should know how to say it now
it’s all we’ve heard about for days 

It’s spreading across the nation 
cases doubling over night 
Everyone needs to get boosted 
to stand a chance to win this fight

Christmas plans are affected 
no one knows what to do for the best
Should we carry on regardless
just keep doing the daily test 

or

Should we cancel all our plans
and self isolate home alone 
We are all in a quandary 
in limbo, facing the unknown 

We hoped this pandemic would be 
something left in the Christmas past
But it is here for the present 
and going nowhere very fast 

The future is so uncertain
Covid seems to be here to stay 
As our dreams for this Christmas 
are slowly fading day by day