Nobody saw it coming.

It changed everything.

All those things that once seemed important,

Suddenly weren’t.

We began to realise what was.

People,

keeping safe,

being happy,

doing our bit for the good of others,

little things.

May we always remember

how it feels,

when the unimportant important things come crashing down.

Yet with them the really important things.

Like …

the laughter of a game played with friends,

catching up with family,

celebrations (in real life, not online),

going out,

saying hello and goodbye with hugs and handshakes.

And when we emerge, once again,

Instead of going back to normal,

May we go ahead, remembering what we really missed,

and what we didn’t.

(Voices out of lockdown, Liz Delafield)

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