The summer of 2020 was ruined before spring
A virus spread from China and panic it would bring
Hoarding became fashionable, and price gouging the norm
Locked inside our sterile homes to ride out the unseen storm
Stores had shelves left empty after every night’s refill
Everybody viewed with suspicion, even those who were not ill.
Health workers were the frontline their own safety in doubt
Working double and triple shifts, as sleep they went without
Other essential workers enlisted for the fight
Against an unseen enemy they battled day and night
The search to find a vaccine quickly gathered pace
The only real opponent, was time in this fierce race
Many public buildings closed their doors to stop the spread
The media dealt in numbers of new cases and the dead
But one figure wasn't mentioned yet it was one we had to hear
The number who'd recovered, a glimmer of good cheer
When the battles finally won and we can put all this behind us
We can all join hands and say we beat the coronavirus.
                                                           Trevor Reynolds 2020