Day to Day happenings in my life

Precedented times

Written for Journalistic Intentions
Prompt: “It’s clear now we live in precedented times.”


It’s said, “We live in unprecedented times.”
The fact is that’s untrue.
Let’s read between the lines,
Look over our shoulders at history’s view.

There’s little occurring now that’s new.
But be sure of this truth.
Though it might not have happened to you,
You don’t have to be much of a sleuth.
Somewhere, sometime, someone like you
Has suffered the same sort of trial
And wondered how he’d get through.
He walked in your shoes the same mile.

So whenever you think the world is to end,
Just remember that nothing is new.
It’s happened before and will happen again,
And again and again. It’s all Ballyhoo.