Nearly a Year in Lockdown.

Nearly a year in lockdown & the world has changed.
Seeing it through a telescope,
You realise how selfish human beings can be.
I'm that much more enlightened about my path & my purpose.
Not so much a shielders curse I thought at first. But more of a protection from the evils of this planetary world.
Lupus both my friend & foe,
The illness that gave me humility & appreciation for wanting more than what I was sold.
Not things or possessions,
Instead memories & living,
Loving myself without conditions & standing my ground with no fear whenever it was needed.
Lights in the garden,
Creating a oasis of the soul,
Glowing effervescently,
Twirling & skipping on my faux grass.
With social media still telling you how you should look & feel,
If you want to be in the fraternity of popularity.
Women taking their clothes off for pictures for attention not content on who they be naturally.
Willing to give up their unique selves,
I'm not one for conformity staying true to me,
I've come to grow older, stronger & wiser in my own skin.
People like vacuous puppets unable to do the right thing,
When all they had to do to be safe was stay indoors.
Thinking they are immune from what lies behind the NHS hospital doors,
Where people lie fighting for their lives,
Because loneliness is a state of mind.
I find myself decluttering my home,
From stuff & seeing the beauty in the simplest things,
As I did my own home & life improvements.
No I don't live in a mansion,
But I lived & enjoyed my space as if I did.
Blocking out the world from people complaining about every little thing,
Instead of finding solutions to whatever misery did bring.
We are the captain of our ship & masters of our universe,
Yes I miss my family & spending time with my friends.
One thing that's always been free,
Is kindness & a helping hand for anyone in need.
The ones who get bored,
Had placed their value in material things.
It's not all bad,
Thou there has been ups & downs,
Nothing that couldn't be fixed,
Offline & in my own time.
Not ashamed to be happy,
Even thou I'm furloughed from work,
But time to dedicate to my own business that I couldn't before,
Whilst supporting british businesses that are still open,
Increasing my worldly love.
There are no martyrs in this situation,
Because we are all here on this earth as one....