Lock-down by Margaret Parrinder
Mostly alone, yes.
But listening, watching, discovering.
Opposite there are such beautiful trees
And many birds now nest in these
Looking downhill cars go by
Drivers cannot see this sky
But walkers carrying their
Shopping and sometimes wearily stopping
Catch sight of magpies, crows
Bluebells, azalea and if very early
Little wrens, robins and sparrows.
Now is the time to think and rediscover
Either new possibilities knitting, sewing
Reading, translating, simply
Changing old habits for new ways
But out of it all, I want to
Walk, with both sticks if necessary
Along the shore, in the sand
Yet not alone.