An illness came in 2020 in the beginning of the year.

Flu, they said, but perhaps it is a little more severe.

It spread so fast and many died all medicine it decried

Soon it became worldwide and we must stay inside

So wash your hands don’t touch your face  wear a mask and remember to keep the space.

People are dying in fast increasing numbers

And the virus has a name as round the world it thunders

So quiet the streets, all shops and cafes unlit and dark

no people no cars no chat no noise no meeting in the park

So wash your hands don’t touch your face and remember to keep a space

Coronavirus is with us now and sadly has come to stay

So many scientists from many Lands work each and every day

To create a cure that will keep this deadly bug at bay

And 2021 has brought relief  and help is on its way

But wash your hands don’t touch your face wear a mask and remember daily to keep you space

The future now so closely controlled is very hard to see

Isolation is hard to bare but when will be free

If we obey the rules the government may end the gloom

When all will be inoculated and once more free to roam

So  stay at home, and stay at home please  stay at home awhile

Mollie Silver

Cornwall 2021