I DID MY WALK AS INSTRUCTED TO DO
BECAUSE THE ‘PANDEMIC’ IS WORSE THAN FLU’
I AMBLED ALONG PAST GARDENS OF COLOR
EACH ONE DIFFERING FROM THE OTHER
HEDGEROW BANKS WERE FULLY ADORNED
CONTRASTING TO THE GREEN OF THE LAWNS
ONWARD I STRODE AND INTO THE WOOD
THE AIR INSIDE SMELT SO FRESH AND GOOD
CROSSING A BRIDGE THE WATER WAS LOW
TANGLED WEEDS WERE STOPPING THE FLOW
STARTLED BY A NOISE FROM ABOVE
JUST IN TIME TO CATCH SIGHT OF A DOVE
STANDING STILL IN QUIET AND PEACE
WOODLAND SOUNDS WERE ALL UNLEASHED
REED-BEDS SWAYED IN GENTLE BREEZE
NATURE WAS HERE TO LOVE AND ‘SIEZE’
I DID NOT WANT TO MOVE FROM THIS PLACE
CREATURES, PLANTS, AND BIRDS ALL INTERLACED
THIS WAS A PIECE OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
ALL THINGS THAT ARE NATURE GIVING BIRTH.
Maureen Brown 2020