The Pace of Life -2020

The Pace of Life-2020

 

The pace is slowing down, stopping dead

And most folk shop online instead

Spend-spend-spending as much as they can

Forgetting the Lockdown, being their plan.

 

 

The High Street’s gone, its breathed its last

Career consumers, their day gone past

Seagulls parade on the city square

The hum of traffic,no longer there.

 

 

Shops are closed with furloughed staff

Not sure whether to cry or to laugh

The streets are deserted, of people bereft,

No chat nor gossip, just silence left.

 

No-one's rushing, there's nobody  there

We all live indoors, with free time to spare

Watching our box sets and eating too much

Texting and messaging, keeping in touch

 

 

No weekends or parties, there's no more fun

All seven days, seem to merge into one

Young and old people are having nights in

Virtual parties , the next big thing?

 

 

Mirror images are  rapidly ageing

Living our lives, in the time of contagion

We live out our days in these uncertain times

Unable to travel to our holiday climes.

 

 

What do we do in these times of trouble?

Passing our days, as if in a bubble?

Socially distancing, the name of the game,

Two metres apart, stay safe and sane.