Lockdown

• Toby Mcintosh, Grade 3
• Poetry
• 2020

Everyone’s in lockdown, life’s not fair.
The coronavirus sickness is everywhere.
Kids don’t get to go to school, they're learning at home.
Webex, Zoom, FaceTime, Email, Google Chrome.
People are searching symptoms on the internet.
Would patient zero have a big regret?
You’re not allowed to drive too far from your house.
If you did, you’d have to be as sneaky as a mouse.
The cases of the virus continue to rise.
While healthy people are actually getting more exercise.
When will fun start again, like concerts, parties and sport?
I hope they start again soon… my life is short.
You’re not allowed to fly on planes out of your country or state.
My school had to postpone its spectacular fete.
I guess there’s more time to learn how to play and how to sing.
But the biggest lesson I’ve learnt is health is the most important thing.