Lockdown living,
full of misgivings
but this prison
is actually
a prism.
The light of life is still there,
it’s just refracted,
bent and deviated
like the plans we’d created.
Although dispersed,
and coerced
into isolation
and separation,
it could be worse.
Although unprecedented,
time has stood still,
not ended.
This is our chance to stop the clock
and work out what we really want.
What makes you tick?
Which bone to pick?
You’ve been prescribed
the time
to scratch that itch.
So do it.
I know the power of creativity
in leading you out of negativity.
This new reality
has its affects emotionally,
but there’s ways of coping.
For me,
it’s writing,
or poetry,
which allow my heart and head to breath.
It teases out the unease
and untangles the web of anxiety
which has a tendency
to weave
itself into a tapestry.
I implore
you to explore
this side of yourself more
it could unlock the door
to a fulfilment you’ve never felt before.
It inspired me to help create
The Sitting Rooms of Culture.
Now I’m not ignorant
to the fact
that all the problems we have
will unlikely be solved
just by sharing art on social media.
However,
it has the potential to become so much more than that.
It has quickly grown
into a local cultural home
a creative zone
for sharing skills and homegrown
talent in celebration.
The most beautiful distraction
from the deadly inaction
of those ruling our nation.
Which has left me,
along with my colleagues,
with inadequate protection.
It’s helped to drown out the white noise
of Bozza and his boys,
and despite them spouting
the same robotic rhetoric
it’s seems the only thing ramping
is their own investing.
And the only thing they‘re testing
is our patience
rather than our patients.
Disgraceful.
So despite the risks
which have escalated because of politics,
Boris,
and his obsession with Brexit.
We carry on regardless.
As a Nurse
I’ve seen the worst,
I haven’t done ITU
but I’ve experienced enough end of life care to see me through.
It’s a strange time to have returned
especially after being so burnt
but it was a learning curve
and these lessons learned
give me the nerve
to serve.
It’s duty,
rather than bravery.
A role that was made for me,
it comes instinctively
to care and seek
to treat
whatever ails may keep
people from peace.
So that’s me,
Kirsty.
Co creator
of
Sitting Rooms of Culture.
And new found campaigner
of creativity
for a positive mentality.
Lockdown living –
the age of humanity.