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.