In the middle of a pandemic,
I came to Marlborough College with much relish.
New rules where enforced due to the epidemic,
Tuck boxes stocked and replenished.
All these rules are a normality to me,
Shell have never known anything different you see.
'You have to stay at home!!' the government plea,
With Covid around, we are not free.
Masks are almost part of our identity,
Wearing them all the time.
The NHS work with intensity,
On the charts, the cases endlessly climb.
We have now been social distancing for so long,
The rules are just being neglected.
Covid has taken over and we are no longer strong,
People see the world from a different perspective.
Constant Covid tests are seen as normality,
Jabs on their way, but people jeer.
We have all lost loved ones and we hit reality,
This needs to stop, because we shouldn't live in fear.
Corona has caused the world to stop,
Sending all the children home,
But only for a minute did the cases drop.
The only way to communicate is now by phone.
Second round of online school,
Teachers, parents and children waiting for the word.
"You are now allowed back. Isn't that cool!"
But the question is: will there be a third?
Can't we just go back to the old days,
When we could meet with more than one?
Let's just make this time a 'phase',
But it feels like this pandemic has just begun.
Every lesson is sent via a link,
Cameras on, mike on and the lessons begin.
With all this time online it can be hard to think,
Stay at home and follow the rules! This way we'll win.
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