This time last year it was only beginning
Would you have believed me if I had said
That 12 months later I would still be allowed
To only give you a hug in my head
Would you have stopped and taken a breath
A good look around and a second for pause
Or would you have marched on eyes on the ground
Not interacting or seeing but only because
There was always tomorrow, another day
But it turns out there wasn’t, it’s been taken away .

Now distance is everything and space is a must
Interaction forbidden we’re staying at home
Lock up your passport, away with the map
Our world’s now predictably monochrome
We used to gather and talk over coffee
We used to laugh and drink until dawn
Now all I want is to get in the car
And be with you before social skills are gone
Before we start looking for someone to blame
Because that’s the start of a dangerous game
So who will we be when it’s all said and done
When we’re allowed out to mingle once more
Will we remember just who we were
Before this horror appeared on our shore
What seemed so important back in the day
Has become insignificant now
The size of your jeans or the length of your hair
It’s just ceased to matter somehow
For now I can see what it’s all about
And that’s human contact, of that there’s no doubt.

So maybe you’re fit and are strong as an ox
Perhaps you’ve ran hundreds of miles
Or maybe instead you baked, painted and ate
And explored your more creative side
Whatever it is that is getting you through
There is no judgement here
Because we’re into this over 12 months now
And you know it won’t just disappear
But as the song says you’ve kept your composure
You’re still standing strong still truly a soldier.
And this too will pass as all oddities do
And then we will gather and come
In the warm summer sun and the soft evening breeze
We’ll remember our fallen as one
For so many we’ve lost, so many we mourn
So long has been our separation
But the end is in sight, there’s a glimmer of hope
And the start of some new conversation
Till then though take care, stay strong and be distant
But take hope in the fact that we’re nearly resistant.
