The Change

Written at the beginning of the Corona virus pandemic in the UK, and the start of the lockdown to try and prevent its spread. It was a strange time where people waited, unsure what was happening, changing their whole pattern of life and attitude toward others. I was struck by how human activity had stopped and yet nature and the world moved on and even began to recover from human activity.

Lockdown …
We Fear
For ourselves,
No longer
So confident.
We,
Quieter now,
The birds
Sing louder.
Bustler
In shopping aisle,
A step
Too close.
Hold breath,
Hold!
Move, exhale,
As trees breath
Deeper.
Passer-by;
Step into road,
Silent road.
Dance around
Fellow threat.
Fox bemused,
Languidly,
Sits on
White line,
Watching
Strange new
Human ritual.

D.E. – March 2020