Not all doom and gloom

 What is there to be from all of this really

Are we to look back in horror and clench at the conversations around us as people whisper lies about the actual reality of COVID

Are we to pipe up and wave our hands and say we know we know we were here

Look at how the historians change and merge truths with propaganda to fear factor a new generation

People will be afraid to hug or dance at weddings

the elderly of our society will be left alone in fear of causing them harm

Health will never be the same

Thats what they want us to think isn't it?

Just completely lose ourselves in this crazy dream that does not need to be awoken from

No not i, sir

Not i at all

We congregated and communicated through the one invention we all thought was full of hate

we created groups of people we loved online and braced ourselves for online calls

we went on video with our favourite drink and toasted into the new year with tears for the sorrow we felt for those we were missing

we set alarms for the early start on christmas day to make sure we have enough time with those we had not seen in over 9 months

we cheered on a thurs and celebrated an institution that was always here since 1948 but now had meaning and a link to our feelings

they made us better

who knew after all this time

the calls for sickness and illness reduced to leave the lines free for those who were actually struggling

people worked

missed colleagues

mental health rose

but we were all in it together

it was not all doom and gloom

we all gathered around the television on the PM announcements

the country split up

like we were all isolated countries forgetting that we were all one once

shops closed

the streets were empty

I kept up the walking into the city centre

in the wind rain, hail and even snow

we saw our breathe in the dusk as we looked up at empty buildings that were once so full of souls and life

birthday parties were for the bubble only

video calls and candles 

voicenotes became the new hug

we all just carried on

just like they always said we did in the history books

like the British do

And all this without a manual

without a previous example

without a google answer

we did it though

together we are strong

Not all doom and gloom