Birth of my first poem

Never thought I could write a poem, but Parkinson’s is given me the motivation to do it.

TOGETHER APART

Covid 19 is the pandemic

Whole wide world gone through

And still we are going through

Even in 2021 April....

Covid taught us to stay apart

But being together whilst keeping apart.

A teeny weeny virus from Wuhan

Which shook the entire world

Local and international restrictions

Lock down , panic buying, job losses ,

Devastated economy, worked from home

Schools closed and we all had to

Stay at home to protect the NHS

To save lives to be together.

The impact of the pandemic includes

Self isolation , social distancing

Which made us stay apart with a pain

But it helped all of us to come together.

Loss of loved ones , unable to see dear one

Leads into a mental health crisis for all

We have seen overwhelmed hospitals

With ran out of spaces and equipments

Staff who fought against virus as heroes

Still fighting to regain the backlogs.. salute!!

We learned to do virtual events

Staycations, transformation of

Our own gardens to parks

But worries , anxiety and stress

Overruled everyone including children

Whilst we were swimming in the

Darkest days of our entire life (hopefully)

The light appeared at the end of the tunnel

By our brilliant scientists.... vaccine !!

Am I scared to take it, yes I was ....

But did I take it, YES I did!!!!

Why??? To protect me, my family & society

We're in this together to support

Sadly we needed to stay apart

With a hope that we can Unite,

Celebrate together again and again

With our family, friends and colleagues

Believe everyone,the BETTER DAYS

coming to keep us TOGETHER ….

Tincy Jose.