Pandemic
Mask who you have become.
You cannot let lethargy
stalk you around every corner.
Make the most of pandemic.
Zoom like you mean it.
Tinkerbelle will lead a strange brigade
of lonely fireflies above the treeline
past the cohousing cottages
into the sky and then to the stars.
Don’t bottle up this strange energy.
Eat it like porridge.
Feel its heat.
Because who you
thought you were
no longer exists.
The opening line and closing line of this poem are very strong and really capture the theme! Porridge was a tough one for me – so this year I didn’t get to use all ten words.