Writing (Poetry)
Lockdown
Isn’t it ironic what can inspire us
their decision to solitary confine us
from the fear of death that happened last century
an instant pandemic, we now fight in 2020
life’s a circle
it always comes around
to our destination
the fear and isolation
unity and inspiration we found
it came from the government’s persistence
for all of us to socially distance
who knew something so small
invisible to the eye
could define us
unknown, like this poem
it was plain and simply a virus.
HMP Magilligan
2nd Prize Poetry Themed ‘Lockdown’, Prison Arts Foundation, 2020
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