The sound of cars
Streaming through puddles
Competes with rain rattling
On the old tin roof
Underneath that roof
We listen to the percussion
of the log fire as it consumes
twig and tree.
The purr of the cat stretched
out in basking bliss
Competes with the snore
of the man asleep with book
resting upon his chest
And from down the hallway
the soundtrack of a young man
defeating armies and building
empires.
All this I hear as I break from marking essays and take a sip
of lukewarm Earl Grey tea..
In the kitchen, dinner is roasting
away in the oven..with the not so small pup standing hungry guard.
By the door coats, boots, scarfs and facemasks await our after dinner walk..half an hour around the neighborhood, then back into the house. This is our lock down life...
We in Australia have been relatively free of the Covid 19 virus ..the area I live in has had no cases for just over 400 days but earlier this month an area adjacent has had some case of the new delta strain appear...so we are once again in lock down...ir is school holidays so it is some what easier.. and again because it is a rainy winter the urge to go outside is curtailed..
My heart goes out to those more directly affected...