GALAXY SALTED CREAMY CARAMEL BARS
VELVETY SMOOTH TOOK MY TASTEBUDS TO MARS
COPIOUS CUPS OF YORKSHIRE TEA
A NOD TO MY HEARTLAND KEPT ME ABOVE SEA
AVOIDING THE URGE TO PANIC AND FLEE THE VIRUS'S DECREE
NETFLIX SKY AND AMAZON PRIME
FOR MOVIES DOCUMENTARIES BOX SETS ALL ALIGNED
EVERY EVENING ON THEIR STORIES MY EYES WOULD DINE
THE MARVELLOUS MRS MAISEL, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN TRANSPORTED
ME FROM THE DAILY GRIND OF WORRIES AND CARES
THEY WERE THE GLUE THAT KEPT ME TOGETHER
FROM SILENCE'S RINGING BLARES
MOBILE, COMPUTER, TABLET AND TV
SPENDING TIME TRAWLING THROUGH
FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM PINTREST EMAILS TO SEE
KEEPING UP WITH CURRENT TRENDS OF
ONLINE TO READ ABOUT AND LEARN NEW SKILLS
STILL KEEPING UP WITH DOMESTIC
TASKS AND PAYING THE BILLS
NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP BOREDOM AT BAY
A FREE THREE MONTH GUITAR COURSE FROM FENDER
REFRESHED AND KEPT MY RUSTY GUITAR FIN..GERS TO PLAY
PLANTING SWEET PEAS AND WATERING PLANTS
POTTERING DECLUTTERING COLLATING
LETTERS CARDS AND PHOTOS
MEMEORIES OF HAPPY DAYS TO RECOUNT
OLD NOTES CARDS AND LETTERS
NO LONGER NEEDED RIPPED AND SHREDDED
WHATS APP CALLS WITH MY SON FAMILY AND FRIENDS
TO EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES TO CONVEY WHO HAD WHAT TO SAY
LAUGHING AND JOKING TILL WE COULD BARELY BREATH
TALKING FOR HOURS TILL HAPPY AND TIRED
WE BID GOODBYE ON THIS DAY
TO BE ONE NEARER TO ANOTHER TOMORROW
THAT WILL BE IN THE GRIP OF FREEDOM'S CLASP
THAT WAS MY SAVIOUR FROM SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
A GOD SENT PANACEA OF REPRIEVE A REALIGNMENT
ASSURED ME I WAS STILL PART OF THE LIVING
SOCIALISED AND CONNECTED AGAIN
AMID LONG ALONE DAYS AND SILENT NIGHTS
LOCKDOWN'S GRIP... LOST KEYS...NO END IN SIGHT
UP IN THE MORNING TO BREAKFAST
IN MY BUZZING BEES SUNNY GARDEN
A CHAT WITH THE NEIGHBOUR OVER THE WALL
BEFORE HOUSEWORK BEGUN
THEN ON TO CULTURED ARTY EXPLOITS
CURTEOUSY OF THE NEW ZOOM PLATFORM
A CREATIVES RESPITE'S PARDON
WHERE YOU CAN BE WITH EVERYONE
VIA A SECTIONED SCREEN
ALAS EVEN HOWEVER WISHED FOR
NOT IN YOUR PRESENCE ONLY
THE WEB'S INCESSANT INTERVENE
SHAKESPEARE RECITALS TRANSPORTING ME
TO ANOTHER ERA WHERE THEIR EXISTENCE
SEEMED SIMPLE UNHURRIED YET OH SO SUBLIME
YET WITHIN HIS WRITING STILL
POLITICS HARDSHIP LOVE LOST AND YET STILL CRIME
WRITING WORKSHOPS HOSTED BY A WREN
A TROUPER A TEACHER HERSELF A BUDDING SUPERSTAR
SHE IS ALREADY ON HER WAY, SHE WILL REALLY SET A TREND
WHILST INSPIRING AND IMPARTING HER KNOWLEDGE
TO YOUNG INTELLIGENT EAGER INGENUES WRITERS
SHE FEELS COMPELS TO NURTURE AND FOR THEM FEND
WITHIN THESE WORKSHOPS I WOULD WRITE AWAY
WITH WHATEVER WORDS ARRANGED AS EASILY
AND DELECTABLY HOWEVER I FELT THEIR SWAY
I WROTE POETRY SMALL SCREEN PLAYS STORIES OF MY MIND
OH THE BLISSFUL DELIGHT OF THE TIME AND FOCUS TO SCRIBE
IN THIS TRAGIC LOCKDOWN
WHOSE FATALITIES HAVE BEEN SO MANY
I FEEL FOR THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LOVES
PONDERING ON HOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED
FEELING SO FORTUNATE SO FAR ALL WHOM I KNOW
HEALTHY AND SAFE YET FEELING SORRY TO THOSE
LIVES PUT IN DANGER AND TOYED WITH
MAY THEY REST IN ETERNAL PEACE
SO GRATEFUL FOR THE KEY WORKERS
WHO NOW NEED A WELL EARNED DESERVED REST
FROM THE CARES AND WORRIES OF THE VIRUS BEAST
NOT TO HURRY BACK TO NON-CIRCUMSPECT NORMAL LIFE
BEFORE MY EYES CLOSE SLOWLY FOR SLEEP
I LAY SMILING ON MY PILLOW FOR THE GRATITUDES
SO ABUNDANT AND BLESSINGS I HAVE RECEIVED
THE NUMBER OF WHICH I CANNOT NOT CONCEIVE
YET EVERY TIME I THINK OF THEM MY HEART FEELS SO FULL
I KNOW THAT MY LIFE IS WONDERFUL THIS I BELIEVE
MY OWN PARADISE EARNED THROUGH MANY CHALLENGED
THEN I PRAY FOR ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALIKE
THAT ONE TOMORROW WILL BRING BACK
OUR OLD BUT CHANGED FREEDOM
ONE THAT WILL SERVE TO SAVE AND KEEP US
FROM DEADLY DISEASE'S HARM
FOR WE SHALL ALL REMEMBER THESE WEEKS
AS THE STORM THAT CHALLENGED US
BEFORE WE CAN AGAIN BASK IN SECURITY'S CALM
COPYRIGHT NATASHA ANNE KELLEHER
May 29th 2020
