Maddie Williams
Maddie Williams- Sonnet from Home Isolation
Go out, queue masked, scared of the next victim
1.5 metres apart, people silent
in fear. Driving nowhere the only system
of being out. Heading back compliant.
Being trapped, having consoled my life
In social media. Obsessed and uptight.
I’m dealing with lockdown; the strain and strife,
Off balance, pushed to and from my plight.
Caught up in the battle of boredom,
Playing with shadows of past creativity,
And friends a distant memory of decorum
While longing for a family activity.
These times are tough, but we will strive,
As the strongest human extinct is to survive.