We are loving the fact that although our face to face Community Board meetings have been postponed for a while, we are all still very much connected, through sharing experiences, thoughts and feelings. Margaret Sim, our Community Board member has written us a poem, reflecting on her time during “Lockdown”!

 

Windows washed…………Cars too

Bodies cleansed………….Now what to do?

Same routine………………Different day

Nowhere to go………..Life’s ‘on delay’.

 

Watching people in the queue

Having a fag then donning their mask

Don’t mind getting cancer

But frown when I pass.

 

Self-isolation is the name of the game

Rules about distancing are taking their strain

Walking the wrong way down the aisles

Feel like a criminal as people snarl.

 

All clean all fresh…….Nowhere to go

Shall I walk round the block or

Go back to the shop?

 

Alternative is watching the news

How depressing the views

The poor newscaster repeating herself

Let me get back to those shelves!

 

The cat might like a new menu

I hope so as his usual is ‘see through’!

I know, I’ll see if the loo rolls have returned

Yes!…….Thank goodness…… How my bathroom yearned

For this basic but luxurious item

Never again will I for granted take ’em!

 

Can’t wait for ‘normality’

To dress up and enjoy

Friends and family

Neighbours and colleagues

To compare notes

And dissect at ease.

 

It will be nice to see smiles and laughter

People so sullen at each encounter

To enjoy the sun and sunbathing too

Enjoy an ice-cream would be amazing.

 

Shouldn’t be long now so keep spirits up

Before you know it ‘Lockdown’  will be ‘Lockup’!

Then when we’re all spruced up

We can go somewhere

 

It doesn’t matter, just good to be there

A drink down the pub

A meal and a chat

Good atmosphere

Will buck us all up.

 

It will all mean much more

And that’s so true

No more taking for granted

What we used to.

P.S………………… I can’t wait for a haircut!