Lessons from lockdown

I still get sick
Even when I don't see anyone,

• I make myself ill.

I miss being
With people I love,

• Seeing them isn't enough.

I crave freedom
To go out without plans,

• Approved outings don't cut it.

Filling in a worksheet
Isn't education,

• Learning happens in 3D.

Today is long
It will crawl past

• But it will blur into every other.

This too shall pass
Eternity will end,

• It will become just memory.

Things are different and strange
Testing in different ways,

• I am still me.