The Un Lockdown Write
"I haven't really written much
About lockdown
Where as many have written
Alot about lockdown!!
Why is that?"
"While others have written
And I have happily read
I didn't want to portray
The realities that people have said
I know people missed family and friends
I know people missed
A whole bunch of other things
For me
It hasn't been so bad
Yes there are people and things we miss
Even me
But life continues
We move forward
And we do what we need to
We have to"
"Mankind have faced much worse
Than a pandemic in the modern age
This is nothing new to the human race
Just new to us
This generation
So look beyond history
And see what has happened
What our ancestors have come up against
In a different time and different place
Then we come to realise
Actually it is not as bad
As past generations may have had
To face hard times
In war, poverty, sickness and inequality
To fight for what they believed in
For freedom and rights
Not that these don't exist
In the here and now
These issues always exist
In little waves somehow
(Unless we were in some kind of sublime paradise...)"
"My message is:
No matter how hard
We think our lives have been
During a pandemic
I imagine it was ten times worse
In a different era
Where a world
Was not as dynamic
Where basic hygiene
Was a massive factor
Those days of pre tech
And nothing to rely on
Except....for a simpler life
A world without the stress
Surrounded by nature
With all its glories
And the time to be together
So this time will pass
We have come to appreciate this all
And we do it any how
All the little things we have missed
And all the little things we will do now"
Pratibha Savani 26-02-2021
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this a wonderful poem
you are so right in what you
say i dont mined social
distance i have been one those
who dont like crowds the old saying
that 2 is ccmpany and 3 crowds
and your also right about the past
how hard people had back in
1346-1353 was the black death
all over europe and the world
at the time there was 500 mil
people after the black death
ended 200 mil pelope died
and think today poeple
forget what they have
befor its gone and its
a big wake up call
great poem
Thank you Greg. You are my first comment on my most big write here which I rarely do so its good to get feedback on what I wrote. Thank you so much. Reality is, we are ok and human life will deal and evolve just like viruses do!! Px
Yes we will be OK and we will get by this
Hey PRATIBHA!!.....I really like the track you took here to be able to dive into your subject matter without raising some kind of flag......your most unassuming approach allows for the truth of this subject mattter to truly blossom....you have a knack for that young lady.....especially how you conveyed in the beginning how you have NOT written much on this....it made the readers VERY comfortable......and In doing so ~ HONESTY has bloomed all throughout this piece.......A perfect journalism technique......but for poetry....hmmmm? ~ I'd say it worked Beautifully! ~
~ "All the little things we have missed
and all the little things we will do now!! ~ Amen to that!!
Well conceived and BEAUTIFULLY delivered!!......Like ALWAYS ~ you blow doors wide open!!.....your cyber-friend and ever-admirer!!......T xo : )
Hi Tony. I do like your point of view of how you see my write cos I never thought of it like that. I didnt think I had a knack for anything so very appreciative and thank you for your honesty too!
Like a perfect journalism technique cos I had no idea. But yes was conveying what I haven't really done! Always value your feedback and support and your lovely comments! Px 💜
Awww yes things aren’t that bad we are here and now and things can & will only get better & back to normality.. A great write my lovely... I love your honesty, straight from common sense 💕💕💕⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you Jill for reading....and for the pin. Its always best to write honestly 😝 and yes common sense is a very good way to approach it.
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Pratibha a rather frank but beautiful account of lockdown. A great write poetically appealing. Such intricate words interlinked to create such magic.
Beautiful x
Sarfraz xxx
Thank you sarf. Really appreciate taking time to read and the pin my friend. Very much prose and my kind of writing. Px💜
Thank you Jim for reading. Px
Thank you Baker Street. Px
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Thanks Marion for reading my posts. Much love Px 💕💕💕
Wow! Beautiful poem Pratibha!
Hope you're keeping well - Syd
Thank you Syd and for the wonderful pin! Really appreciate the comments.
going ok thanks. Not seen you on here much hope you are well. Px💜
Excellent poem! So many people moan a lot about lockdown but as you say, it's nothing compared to what previous generations have had to deal with. Look at us! With our mobile phones and Netflix and huge TVs and zoom and Skype. I know we all miss meeting our loved ones for a big hug ... but at least we can see and talk to them even if it is on a screen. Great write P ⚘x
Thank you Tina. Yes you the jist of it. And glad you liked it. It's not my usual thing to write a long piece but it just became one for what I needed to convey! Px
What a wonderful narrative Pratibha.
Thank you Wilford for taking time to read it. I don't usually write long pieces but this just became cos of what I wanted to convey. Px
Pratibha, apologies for missing this one and late for the party too. Bad puppy !
But now glad I caught it and you've really hit the poetry narrative nail on its head here with this gem.
For we would be lost in medicinal time without the modern age and what it offers one and all.
It would be a crueller world surrounding us and we should never lose sight of that, to take things for granted and to give due credit where credit is due.
Especially ALL the front-line National Health Service souls who had to confront this nightmare day after day and the sacrifice many had to pay so others, endless others could move on with their lives.
Thanks Pratibha and well done and respect to you for writing this, your well balanced poem of thought.
I wish you and the loved ones around you well and may you all enjoy life and the good things it can bestow my friend. x.
Wow thanks Shaun. It's a long write I know. Thank you for reading it and your comments! I dont think people really appreciate what we have and my thoughts just came out in this prose. Love your explanations to poems and going backwards to read another of mines is truly knowledge and appreciative. Your friend Px
Pratibha respect to you for writing this one and just sent you a PM about a certain poetry book that's dear to your heart.
See and read you and older poems tomorrow night and look out for a certain review on Amazon!
And to recap on your thoughts, they speak volumes on who you are and what a generous, honest heart can aid and kindly offer so many by the balm of soothing words of hope. x.