Locked Down in Melbourne
(by Ellen Carr, 21 July 2020)
Are you masking?
Just asking .. .!
Are you multi-tasking?
Home schooling,
kids stalling?
Really gruelling?
Are you home-working,
not shirking?
So disconcerting!
Are you home alone,
with just the phone,
in lock-down zone?
Are you doing it tough,
and you’ve had enough?
Finding it rough?
Are you doing your finest
to bypass the virus,
the pandemic crisis?
Well, hats off to you!
You’re going to get through!
We’re praying for you.
Take some time out,
Do a mini workout,
Let the kids shout.
Make a hot cuppa,
a great cheerer-upper.
Ignore all the clutter.
Do a little dance.
Jump, twirl and prance,
in those old tracky pants.
Put all your cares,
this state of affairs,
at the foot of the stairs.
Let God do the lifting,
the moving and shifting,
his strength enlisting.
Give him your worries,
your messes and hurries.
It’s those that he carries.
Let him walk with you,
guiding you through,
as he wants to.
But keep on with the masking,
And don’t give up laughing
For this time is but passing.
Postbox Poetry 
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