Another Day

A skinny pink stroke

Across the gray

Above the creamy dawn

Welcomes you to

Another day

Another morn

The trees still naked

Still stretching

to the sky

The birds waking

With their chorus

After their sleepy night

It's chilly

And it's quiet

The sheep nibbling

On the dewy grass

Another day in lockdown

How many days

Will it last

Another day in lockdown

Another day of wait and see

Another day frontline

and essential workers

Still working still

looking after you and me

As the tendrils of the virus

Are tracked and checked

And traced

Some are testing

some are nervous

But staying home

We watch and wait

The sky turns brighter blue

The sun's getting warmer

You can feel it in the air

The buds know it too

spring is on the way

and even though

it's lockdown

it's just another day!

Wendy Bremner