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Lynn Wood
The Key worker children at Europa School
Hand standing at will, cartwheeling away, Running in all directions, children at play. Hide and seeks regale, behind every bush Chasing around about, nobody in a rush. Arms outstretched and tense, balancing on the frame Jumping on the roundabout, inventing a new game. This is the happy scene in the school ground Where all the keyworker children are to be found. And suddenly a change afoot, the new regime starts With soap and disinfectant and the 2 m rule apart. If we had a child’s view, we may better observe the effect Of being treated as a corona child, an object we reject. Let’s hope the curve is squashed and a second peak averted, And children can play and play and even, yes, get dirty! |
Fear
I used to meet you on the street everyday and smile and pass the usual pleasantries. But now I sense the fear, the white of your eyes narrowing above your tightly fitted mask. I do not live your life and share your burdens Your underlying health issues or any encounters with this viral infection which modern media has transmitted? But I will continue to smile even though I know that you cannot reciprocate. Anxiety will ease and transfer to others And will dominate until hope pervades. |
Zoe and Justus Kilgus RDE
Zino Zigan 4DE
Veronica Bush 5DE
Tristan and Zac Reed 3EE and 1EE
The Lockdown Low-down
At first, we weren’t really sure about the lockdown Our parents’ response was to swear, worry and frown. Our Dad said ‘Homeschooling? I’d rather eat my hat’; Our mother took one look at Joe Wicks and said ‘I am NOT doing that!’ We thought ‘Great! We’ll get more time for movies, iPad and to ride our bike’ Because those are the things we’re always asking for and that we really like. During lockdown our parents insisted we get lots of exercise and fresh air So we walked everywhere, climbed trees and it was all a happy affair; (Well, except on the day a woman with a tennis racket in her hand Came running after us, shouting ‘Get off my land!’) Every day we read the new chapters from the Ickabog; In case you wondered it’s by J.K. Rowling but not about a young wizard or a frog. We really recommend you read it for yourself; It’s a good story, and shouldn’t just sit on the shelf. Anyway, it’s summer and the lockdown is pretty much over now; Our parents are asking ‘Aaargh.. we still need to entertain the kids – but how? They won’t be back in school til September By then there won’t be a bit of homeschooling they remember!’ Oh well. Til then we remain grateful and happy For our friends, our neighbours and our family. Because throughout all this we’ve got to know them better and love them more And to be honest, we can’t really remember what life was like before. Amanda, Ben, Tristan (3EE) and Zac (1EE) Reed |
Tomás Paiva Valcarcel 1FE (and Helena)
Thea Oxley 4EE
Sophie Salazar-Tanguy 4EE
Sophia Brent 4DE
Sonia and Nora Reinhard 4DE and RDE
Sarah and Sophie Klantschnig 6DE and 4DE
Ruben Suman RDE
Richard and Maddie Fitzgerald 4FE and RFE
Richie wrote a poem about lockdown
Coronavirus stops us from going to school. Our school is closed and empty. Restrictions mean I can’t see my friends. Or go to shops or restaurants. Now I’m getting bored of being at home. Animals started Coronavirus. Viruses are dangerous. I wish it had never started. Right now, I could be having fun at school. Up on the climbing frames. Seeing my friends and teachers again will be a great day. |
Quentin Chapeau 4FE (and little sister Tylia)
Penelope Sorenson S3D
We have a cat that comes to our house and demands food twice a day. He/ she is really cute but is such a scaredy cat. My mum and sister named him/ her Bagheera. During lockdown we also bought a huge watermelon and when we weighed it it was over 10 kg and that was after we cycled home carrying it! Almost every year we have bought tomato plants, we have gone away every time they have started to give fruit so this year because we can't go away we bought 6 tomato plants, 3 cucumber plants and 2 chili plants.
Olivia Watson-Paris 5DE
The best bit about lockdown for me was baking; these are only some of the things that we made.
These are all vegan yummys (apart from the filling in the doughnuts). The flapjacks are made of banana so we didn't need to use so much sugar. Picture 4 is herby oven-baked bread using a recipe that I made up myself.
These are all vegan yummys (apart from the filling in the doughnuts). The flapjacks are made of banana so we didn't need to use so much sugar. Picture 4 is herby oven-baked bread using a recipe that I made up myself.
Oliver, Alfred and Thomas 4EE, 2EE and soon to be REE
Noah Beckmann 1DE
Nico Skoda 3DE
During the lockdown, I liked being able to do flips on the trampoline in my breaks. I’ve also jumped and flipped into the river near our house – it wasn’t even cold!
My favourite book has been Animalcolm by David Baddiel. It was fun.
Spending so much time with my family has been a bit weird but also nice. My 2-year-old brother tries really hard to join in my games.
My greatest achievement in lockdown has been a 2.5 backflip,it is a trick I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. It’s a challenging trick, and I needed to develop my skills to do it.
I miss seeing my friends. I’m looking forward to seeing them again.
My favourite book has been Animalcolm by David Baddiel. It was fun.
Spending so much time with my family has been a bit weird but also nice. My 2-year-old brother tries really hard to join in my games.
My greatest achievement in lockdown has been a 2.5 backflip,it is a trick I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. It’s a challenging trick, and I needed to develop my skills to do it.
I miss seeing my friends. I’m looking forward to seeing them again.
Matthew Dennis 2FE
Martin, Alexander and Max Ludden S3D, 5DE and 2DE
Here's a glimpse into some of our pursuits during lockdown.
One of the things the three boys really enjoyed was doing science experiments. There was also plenty of baking, gardening, outdoor exploring and music going on. Thank you to all the teachers for keeping the boys going and inspiring them throughout this tricky time.
One of the things the three boys really enjoyed was doing science experiments. There was also plenty of baking, gardening, outdoor exploring and music going on. Thank you to all the teachers for keeping the boys going and inspiring them throughout this tricky time.
Marcus Barthe 6DE
Maé, Manon and Zian Pang Ravinet S2F, 6FE and 3FE
Lyra Hawkins 1EE
Louis Jenkinson 1EE
Shortbread recipe
I made lots of short bread during the lockdown with my mummy. Here is the recipe. Ingredients: Makes 20-24 shortbread 125g butter 180g plain flour 50g caster sugar Method: 1. Pre heat oven to 190° C 2. Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth. 3. Stir in flour to get a smooth paste. Turn onto a work surface and gently roll out until the paste is 1 cm thick. 4. Cut into star, heart or rounds and place onto a baking tray. Sprinkle with caster sugar and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes. 5. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until pale golden brown, set aside to cool on a wire rack. |
Lily Mae Glenn-Pearce 1EE
Leila Fass S3F
Julie Teobaldi Heride RFE (to be)
Leila and Yacin Benbakhti 6FE and 4FE
Hey Covid!
Hey Covid! On, I’m gonna turn you off Me, I don’t have your dirt Hey, but it would really hurt School is banned, we can’t see each other Could do it at home with other means How do you do these dirty schemes Oh oh! It’s because you’re mean Or oh! I might get oofed Lonely, some people are now So so lonely, so stop this please! By Yacin Benbakhti 4FE Picture by Leila Benbakhti 6FE |
Leighton Thomas 1EE
Leena Saloni Tecza 3DE
Klara Motion 1FE
Joshua Brent S1D
Mein Lieblingsort in Lockdown
In der Nähe von meinem Haus gibt es einen Bach mit einer Seilschaukel. Dort macht es viel Spass zu paddeln und zu schaukeln. Manchmal baue ich auch Dämme und flute die Ufer bis es wie ein großer Teich aussieht. Besonders schön ist es an einem sonnigen Tag dahin zu gehen wenn man sich im Wasser erfrischen kann.
Auf einer Seite des Baches gibt es eine Pferdekoppel und auf der anderen Seite eine abgezäunte Waldregion. In dem Bach finde ich oft Flusskrebse und Frösche. Die ganze Landschaft an diesem Ort ist von Natur umgeben. Es macht viel Spass dahin zu gehen! Oft treffe ich mich dort mit meinen Freunden.
In der Nähe von meinem Haus gibt es einen Bach mit einer Seilschaukel. Dort macht es viel Spass zu paddeln und zu schaukeln. Manchmal baue ich auch Dämme und flute die Ufer bis es wie ein großer Teich aussieht. Besonders schön ist es an einem sonnigen Tag dahin zu gehen wenn man sich im Wasser erfrischen kann.
Auf einer Seite des Baches gibt es eine Pferdekoppel und auf der anderen Seite eine abgezäunte Waldregion. In dem Bach finde ich oft Flusskrebse und Frösche. Die ganze Landschaft an diesem Ort ist von Natur umgeben. Es macht viel Spass dahin zu gehen! Oft treffe ich mich dort mit meinen Freunden.
John Gamil 4FE
Esmé Hall REE
Esmé Hall from REE has been Making, Baking & Growing in Lockdown.
Eva Altebaeumer 2DE
Hugo Hueren 1DE
Imogen Twinn S4A
Lockdown Cookie Recipe
Ingredients ● 100g/4oz/1 stick softened butter ● 75g/3oz/ 1/3 cup caster sugar ● 50g/2oz/ 1/3 cup light muscovado sugar ● 1/2 tsp vanilla extract ● 1 large egg ● 150g/5oz/1 cup self raising flour ● 100g/4 oz/ 1/2 cup plain chocolate chips Instructions 1. Preheat the oven to 190 C/Fan 170/Gas 5. 2. Lightly grease 3 baking trays. 3. Put butter and sugars into a mixing bowl and beat until evenly blended. Add vanilla extract to beaten egg then slowly add to butter and sugar mix beating well between each addition. 4. Mix in the flour then stir in the chocolate chips. 5. Spoon large teaspoons of mixture onto the prepared baking trays leaving room for the cookies to spread. 6. Bake in a preheated oven for 8-10 minutes or until golden. Watch carefully as these can go from golden to brown very quickly. 7. Leave cookies to cool on the baking tray for a few minutes (but not too long or they stick) then carefully lift onto a cooling rack with a palette knife. |
Isabelle, Joshua and Safiyah Missa 1FE
Dean Bloore 2FE
Denis Anghel 2EE
Dennis and Anja Georgescu 4DE and 1DE
Elena Vicencio Ortiz 1EE
Ella, Charlie and Pippa Wright 4EE, 2EE and REE
Basil and Angus Hill S3F and 6FE
Our family spent a lot of time going on long walks and climbing trees during the lockdown. Angus turned 11 on May 14 and we made a delicious chocolate cake covered in berries. The highlight of the lockdown was our new puppy. Her name is 'Isa', which means 'rainbow' in Chamoru, the language in Guam (where our mum is from). Our grandma chose the name for her. People were putting up pictures of rainbows to support the NHS and key workers during the lockdown, so we thought it was a good name for her.
Beth Rabindran REE
Brodie Gray 1DE
Callum Lass Owidi 3DE
Catrina Parton S4A
Rediscovering my garden during Lockdown:
When Lockdown started and we weren’t allowed to go out for more than an hour, I ended up spending much more time in my garden. Spending so much time there has made me realise that I have been taking my garden for granted and I should appreciate it more. One of the things I really enjoyed was playing badminton, we even set up a makeshift net. Unfortunately, I kept on accidentally hitting the shuttlecock over our fence into the neighbour’s garden but luckily our neighbour was very understanding and returned them. There is a plant that was on the edge of the makeshift court, almost the size of a small tree with blue flowers. I would nearly always manage to hit that plant with my racket because it stood out from the flower bed so much. I really like that plant because of its blue flowers and I am not the only one. Lots of bees and other insects were visiting the flowers, It was full of life, we even found a white crab spider on it. Talking about flowers, my garden has a lot of them, my favourite ones are the tiger lilies, but my dad prefers the herb flowers because they attract a lot of bees. Actually, my garden is like a small nature reserve! We have lots of plants and even a tiny meadow patch which we don’t mow, this means that our garden attracts lots of insects like bees, that’s why we decided to make a bee hotel to help the bees in our garden. While making my bee hotel I learned how to saw wood and that bees like rotting wood because it is easier to burrow in. I named my bee hotel ‘La Casa De Las Abejas’ which means the house of bees! I have always loved my garden but over the years it just became something that I see every day and its magic faded. Over the Lockdown period, I rediscovered my garden kindling new excitement as I uncovered a hidden world of things to do and creatures to see. I have to admit that if Lockdown hadn’t butted in I definitely wouldn’t have started this new adventure! |
Chris Haughton S2D
Christina Bell
I’ve kept myself busy throughout lockdown. I’ve made Hair scrunches, hair bows, photos on candles, necklaces & bracelets. I will send another photo with the necklaces in another email because I couldn’t sent them all in one email.
Daniel and Natalia Cooper 4EE and 2EE
Daniel Dimov 1DE
Daria and Lydia Carpin 6DE and 3EE
3DE Artwork
S1F Cityscape Visual Texture
S1F Tactile Texture Landscape
S2D Cubist Portrait
S2F Cubist Portrait
S3F Still Life Tactile and Visual Texture Project
Alicia and Emilie Alcantara S2D and 4DE
Ben Harder 4DE
Anna Viehhauser S5A
Emily, Seb and Jake Rawes, S7, S5A and S3F
Isobel and Duncan Adam 5DE and 2DE
Leo Gonzalez-Merckx S1F
Solomon Dann 1FE
Lilian Jones 2FE
Victor Gandra 1EE
Abel Pronk 2DE
We often drew silly pictures of each other after dinner
Alex Salendre 1FE
Amalia and Theo Rowley 5DE and 3DE
Learning, living and special events
Only to disappear Covid-19 is here, this is just common sense Knowing that the end of this is near Digging for the solution Observing every tiny thing With positivity, brains and belief we will find the resolution Never give-up and always try and an end to this we’ll bring Amalia Rowley 5DE |
Theo's lockdown hair styles before mum found the courage to cut it.
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Yaman Alfarhan S2F
Amélie and William Walton S2F and S1F
Amelie and Zoe Morgan-Smith 6FE and 4FE
Hi! My name is Amelie. I found that lockdown was really boring and annoying because I was stuck at home and personally I don't like homeschooling but also because I really missed my friends. Now is better because I am going to school though not all of my friends come or they are in different groups. A couple of positive things are that I find I appreciate my friends and school more.
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Megan Matthiesen S1D
Danny Hinch 1DE
Livia and Freya Posner 3DE and RDE
Santiago Smith 3EE
Orion Pamela S2F
Theo Gerbery 2EE (and his sister Adela)
Elderflower cordial :-)
2,5 litres boiled water 40-50 elderflower heads (stalks trimmed) 2-3 lemons peeled skin off 1 - 2 tea spoon of citric acid 2 kg sugar (Demerara sugar) Method: Don’t wash the flowers, just leave them outside for 1-2 hours on paper to get little bugs run away :-) and after put the flowers in cool boiled water together with lemons (cut circles and I peel skin off) and leave it for 2 days in cold place or fridge. 2 days later strain and discard the blossom. Line a colander with a clean tea towel or muslin cloth then sit it over a large bowl or pan and after you take flowers and lemons out let it drip slowly through so all the dirt and bugs stays there. Mix it with 2 kg of sugar and 1-2 teaspoon of citric acid and stir till sugar dissolve. Don’t boil. Put ready cordial to clean and dry bottles!!! Ready immediately. Dilute to taste with water, extra lemon, mint and ice or use net as a flavouring. It makes a delicious gin fizz :-) - just add ice, soda water and gin! Store in the fridge. |
Theo would love to share his first story he wrote in year 2. It is about him and his best friend Iciar and they went to Kenya for an adventure :-) He was so exited to send it to Mrs Cook when he finished it.
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Olivia Vautrin 3FE
Lucas Jones Bauer 3EE
Annabella Gutiérrez Bear 5DE
Millicent Achterbergh RDE
Mila Kalsey RDE
Mila and Gabriel Pavlov 5DE and 2FE
Lukas and Sofia Kolaveri 2DE and RDE
Arthur and Wilfred Jarrett 4EE and 1EE
Lorenzo Belci 4EE
Keiza Shorney RFE
Henry and Eddie Joslyn 6FE and 3FE
Frieda Uhlig S1D
This is the doll that I made.
Eloise and Emily Abel Bleach 5DE and 4DE
Tooty Fruity Tartlets And Jam Tarts
Ingredients:
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Elisa Mazzei 1EE
Clarissa Ballam S4A
Claire and Adrien Storck S4B and S1F
Anya Hall 3EE
Anya has got really into sewing in lock down and a friend of ours (Andrea Fabric) who makes blinds & curtains has written about her on her blog.
Amelia and Theo Griffith S2D and 4DE
Roshan Jeevan S3D
Nila Jeevan and Mila Pavlov 5DE
Alba Hales REE
Francesca Betz and Miranda Betz S4A and 6DE
We were allowed to leave home for exercise for an hour a day during lockdown so we took the opportunity to go for cycle rides. Then one day, as we were cycling up to a familiar street at the top of a hill, we suddenly noticed its street sign: “Lockdown”. Having never given it a second glance before, it now caught our eye. The “O” and “C” were the same size as the other letters but on a whiter background, and for a moment we couldn’t remember what it should have said. Just a few days later, on our next ride, those two letters had already been removed. Lockdown was still in full force but this was Larkdown after all.
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Francesca Betz S4A
I look outside my bedroom window from my desk, the place where I have spent lockdown. The view isn’t pretty, but it is the one that is most familiar to me. All day every day I see bluish-grey roofs of different heights and angles. Each one ends with a black gutter and white fascia separating the roof from the walls of orange and grey bricks. These are then interrupted by white-framed windows at which I sometimes see blinds go up or down and know that these people, like me, are in lockdown, stuck in their homes. Every day is the same and for many weeks they have had no-one to see but each other, or occasionally the people they spot through their windows. Unless I open my window to look out towards a distant spire and countryside, all I can see are these houses, a glimpse of trees and the sky. Nevertheless it is my favourite place. It is here that my friends see me on video call, my face bleached white by the light. It is here that I receive my work and my marks. It is here that I pass my tests taken on Google Forms. It is here that I have sat for over thirteen weeks from eight in the morning until after five in the afternoon. Even after lockdown ends I will continue to sit here as I do my homework and if I glance up, I will gaze out of my window for a while, remembering the days when it was my only view as I sat working.
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2DE Smoothies against Lockdown Blues
Alexandra Peter 2EE
Rosa Ireland 2DE
Pearl Estrella Arnaud 1FE
Max Gonzalez-Merckx 4EE
Lockdown
Lockdown since Easter Hasn’t been all bad No more school We’ve bought a pool But some things made me sad I miss my friends and teachers’ aid Without them, school is hard There’s no more clubs I do miss cubs From family we are barred |
Thank goodness for the sunny weather
It’s helped to see the sun We’ve played outside And done bike rides The tree house has been fun! So here’s to times with no more COVID And we go back to school No more Zoom Class in a room That really will be cool! Max Gonzalez-Merckx (and his mum!) |
Oscar and Max Curry 4EE and REE plus Gabriella
Micaela and Iciar Audibert 3EE and 2EE
Louis and Lennard Anderson 3DE and 1DE
Isabelle Shaw 1FE
Clara Altebaeumer 4DE
Ariana Sierra-Fernandez 3FE
Olivia Feldon 4EE
Whilst on lockdown Olivia designed a castle for her Lego friends.
It features 250 corks aligned composing a long driveway, leading to a cork maze. Following on the driveway Lego friends find the Spires, a three-story cork castle with views to the cork playground. It is important to note no wine has suffered in this experiment. Finally, something for the whole family to enjoy during lockdown! |
Emma and Archie S1F and 5FE
Alexander and Benjamin 3DE and 1DE
Emily 4DE
Charlotte 4EE
Chloe 4FE
Hugo 2FE
Roman RFE
Jasmine S1F
Serena 4EE
Tilly and Hattie 1FE and 4FE
Arabella S4A
Letter to Self
Dear Future Self,
I, who am you, am sitting in a sunlit hallway on a glorious day in a world that has changed beyond anything I have known, our parents have known or even their parents have known. This change has been made by something so small; you cannot see it, touch it or smell it but it has altered my world and consequently created the world that you live in. I wanted to put into words my feelings and also describe the things we have known but, that for your children, will have never been.
Imagine having to wake up and rush to get dressed because you overslept and have to go to school; having to commute at least two hours to get to work or to be stuck in traffic jams. Seeing hovering clouds of car fumes in the cities whilst every two minutes planes would fly towards Heathrow airport. People bustling on the streets, crowded into trains, and swarming through the station. That was the world that I knew for fourteen years and it changed overnight, just like that, in mid march 2020.
All because of the thing we could not see that started to kill thousands of people. Coronavirus. Covid-19.
From your perspective those thousands may have become millions. Friends, Families and Colleagues gone and the world changed beyond my understanding. In the few weeks we have been in lockdown self isolation I have seen school reformed into distance learning, parents working from home, food being delivered on empty roads which have become a new normality. I honestly don’t know what I have been feeling for the past two weeks. Most times I was feeling happy about being at home spending more time with my family. Even enjoying arguing about who won that round of Monopoly but sometimes I felt pure sadness and fear. Fear for our family, Uncles and Aunts working as Doctors in the NHS and my cousins in America. I have many questions but the main one is, why is this happening? I am guessing that my question will never really have an answer not now nor ever. It will always be a strange mystery.
A virus is another form of life, alien to our own but part of our planet.
I hope for you, who is me, that the pollution I knew has never returned. I hope transport has become cleaner and efficient and that health and caring for the world has become more important. Hopefully the world learnt new values.
Take care, make the right choices and try to remember when you sat in our sunlit hallway writing this letter thinking about life.
Your Past Self
Arabella Meyer-O’Kane
Dear Future Self,
I, who am you, am sitting in a sunlit hallway on a glorious day in a world that has changed beyond anything I have known, our parents have known or even their parents have known. This change has been made by something so small; you cannot see it, touch it or smell it but it has altered my world and consequently created the world that you live in. I wanted to put into words my feelings and also describe the things we have known but, that for your children, will have never been.
Imagine having to wake up and rush to get dressed because you overslept and have to go to school; having to commute at least two hours to get to work or to be stuck in traffic jams. Seeing hovering clouds of car fumes in the cities whilst every two minutes planes would fly towards Heathrow airport. People bustling on the streets, crowded into trains, and swarming through the station. That was the world that I knew for fourteen years and it changed overnight, just like that, in mid march 2020.
All because of the thing we could not see that started to kill thousands of people. Coronavirus. Covid-19.
From your perspective those thousands may have become millions. Friends, Families and Colleagues gone and the world changed beyond my understanding. In the few weeks we have been in lockdown self isolation I have seen school reformed into distance learning, parents working from home, food being delivered on empty roads which have become a new normality. I honestly don’t know what I have been feeling for the past two weeks. Most times I was feeling happy about being at home spending more time with my family. Even enjoying arguing about who won that round of Monopoly but sometimes I felt pure sadness and fear. Fear for our family, Uncles and Aunts working as Doctors in the NHS and my cousins in America. I have many questions but the main one is, why is this happening? I am guessing that my question will never really have an answer not now nor ever. It will always be a strange mystery.
A virus is another form of life, alien to our own but part of our planet.
I hope for you, who is me, that the pollution I knew has never returned. I hope transport has become cleaner and efficient and that health and caring for the world has become more important. Hopefully the world learnt new values.
Take care, make the right choices and try to remember when you sat in our sunlit hallway writing this letter thinking about life.
Your Past Self
Arabella Meyer-O’Kane
Sally Lloyd (TA) 3FE
Isolation deliberation, April 2020
As I have time to ponder and cogitate, dig and plant As I reflect and declutter, meditate and chant, I have the time to draw and the space to sew I have good books to read and time to watch the grass grow. I think and I thank and I cook and I clean and I wonder out loud 'what does all this mean'? I am isolated within the walls of my world with my family and some friends I am liberated from the commute to and from school, work and errands I feel dominated by the news and the rules and the politician's views It has escalated I wait for daily numbers, graphs and images of exhausted NHS staff. As I take stock of my situation and that of the wider population I cannot grumble or complain, whine or moan I have a garden, a dog, a mind and mobile phone I am in contact with family and friends more regularly than usual to which positivity lends. I am able and happy, fit and alive I can work, I have space, I can feel the sun, I hope to survive As the days and weeks go by, I exchange news with those at home and abroad and collectively we sigh with relief that we are well and safe locked inside with sadness for those who have struggled and died with fear for what is still to come, and with gratitude for those on the frontline who battle and succumb. Reality hits and happiness plunges, down and lower, then lower again As the death toll rises, more families bereft and unable to share their pain No goodbye, no last kiss, no hand holding, no whispers from a loved one Their last human contact was with a masked and gloved someone No wakes, no gatherings and celebrations of life Simply the burial of mum, dad, son, daughter, husband or wife The undertaker being the sole witness to the final goodbye Alone in their sorrowful stillness silently marking who, when and why This is an unprecedented situation, a deadly virus sweeping the nation, A result of greedy globalisation, A pandemic, a reaping, a realisation A moment in time, history in the making A chance to learn while the earth is shaking Take and deep breath, concentrate on the positive lockdown sign posts changes to the way we live. As I ponder and dig and I stitch and I draw I remind myself of the good things beyond the closed door And I pray and I hope and I talk and discuss Of the way that the lessons of Covid can help all of us. |