This series of verse and images were made during the COVID-19 2020 lockdown period. A period of being mindful. A period of looking around me, observing and making decisions. They were dark. I was dark. They have hope. Let me know what you think..
Even the commute
I have to get there
Regardless of time
Time is life, life is mine
Slow down
Even the caffeine
Quick slurp to get high
No time to linger or wonder why
Time stopped with a bump
Lock down
Even the ducklings swimming in the bubbles
New life, new sound
I’ve been here to see them!
Sadly there are only three left to be found
Seeing
Even the rooks
Loudly crowing, chattering away
I’m told it happens every year
I’ve just not been around to say
Listening
Even the dead tree
I didn’t see it die
I wasn’t here
I didn’t cry
Observing
Even the raindrops
Spoiling a perfect day
Maybe they are trying
To show me the way?
Thinking
Even the cow
Beneath the bough
Time to change
But show me how?
Accepting
Even the leaf
Escaping over the weir
I want to see it
I want to be here
Deciding
Life is precious
I get it somehow
Even time
Time for me now
The image numbers refer to the passage of time. They look like prison photographs. They look like polaroids. A timestamp of my moments during lockdown. Literally, it is the time and date (american format!) of the image.