Letter from a Lockdown #lockdownireland #coronavirus #c19 #stayathome #togetherapart

Letter from a Lockdown

How are you, my friend?

And by friend I also mean,

My neighbour, my sometimes mate,

My occasional chat buddy,

My erstwhile bestie

My don’t-like-you-much acquaintance

My work connection, or the same turned

Friend.

In the end, in the teeth of all this chaos

Turns out, I care about you all

Even the ones I don’t care for much

There is a well of tenderness in me now

For all our frail humanity

This is a bitter wind, that blows

I take shelter where I find it.

So I write, hoping this will find you well

Are you safe among your family

Or trapped in a lair with stalking anger?

Does the fine weather tempt you into your garden

Or taunt you in your balconied apartment?

I want to know, there is that in me now

That treasures all your doings

Post up that photo of your dinner,

I will not sneer. Selfies never looked so good to me.

You are the world, to me.

How are you doing?

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