Free fall Losing control Unable to plan ahead Travel restrictions Unable to attend funerals Stillness Forced to sit alone Reflect on priorities Decide on our base Whether to relocate Same storm, different ships Those living on estates In tower blocks Claustrophobia, suffocation Some can’t work from home No option for furlough When will he get his next paycheck Food banks full Communities mobilise Faces pressed against windows of care homes Final goodbyes on facetime Migrant grandmothers taken to hospital Can’t remember her bearings Traumatised, calling for her son Endless queues outside Tesco Hands sanitized Wedding cancelled again Cancer treatment cancelled again Covid takes precedence only Disappointed, stressed, shocked, afraid Old hauntings creep Vulnerable, challenged, unprepared for change Reflective, considerate, enlightened, expansive, frustrated, soul crushed, uncontrollable sadness, corruption Breathless, uneasy, death looming Statistics piling The disabled only just given options to work from home A holiday for those in their mansions with gardens Mental health deteriorates Connections fade Safe spaces snatched Parks overcrowded Children with one laptop between them Squabble to attend school from home Thoughts for those most marginalized Those seeking asylum In foster care In homes with domestic violence In bang up in prisons Sleeping on the streets The violence of the pandemic Death difficult to process Our experiences weren’t the same Poem by Shareefa Energy