When life is locked down in a single place
We’re strapped in chairs but seem to run for miles
Our minds explore a vast and boundless space

I flit from call to call at frantic pace
My children print and scan their homework files
When life is locked down in a single place

I read, I write, I learn new tracks and trace
the course of Covid racing through the miles
Our minds explore a vast and boundless space

From day to night to day a carapace
cocoons us; doctors pace up ailing aisles
When life is locked down in a single place

I drill, I dream, I seek and find headspace
And call loved ones to see their smartphone smiles
Our minds explore a vast and boundless space

We run, we rest, we’re cursed, we’re blessed, we race
to live, survive and thrive in countless styles
When life is locked down in a single place
Our minds explore a vast and boundless space