Nature isn't locked in

Nature isn't locked in


We get locked in
Outside the birds sing
Pretty butterflies galore
Dance through the skies all over
We sit inside,
and plan when to go to the store

Going online
Telling everybody : "I'm fine"
Watching (videos of) penguins strolling through Simonstown
while sipping tea in our night-gowns

Dreaming of being outside, in the bush
we watch the webcams
Go through our photos of days gone by
and on our social medias, these we post

In our gardens we sit
taking photos of bulbuls, sunbirds and barbets
a butterfly or two on a marigold
and the spiderweb full of dewdrops

We bake
bread, and yet another cake
and dream of going to a lake
for a picnic
But the news, and the roadblock down the road
Remind us to rather stay at home



#LockdownChronicles  #Lockdown2020

April 2020