To my lockdown baby

You were not born in lockdown, like so many others

But it still changed your first year, most months spent under covers

Your life hasn’t yet been, what I longed that it should

Being social, hugging others, together we missed so much good

Since 4 months you’ve been cooped up, in our own little bubble

Shuffling around getting yourself into trouble

But you brighten the darkness, the dullness, the sadness

You keep us going, with your squeaks and your madness

These times are so different, everything changes so fast

The rules are to protect us, but how long can that last?

I hope you will know, how I wanted to do

In these early days, so much better for you

So we stay home again, keeping safe, keeping fed

Keeping fears at bay, with thoughts in my head

Of those who are working, to protect us and heal us

Why are we no longer clapping when the NHS needs us?

We’ll always remember, the year we stood still

And thanked the stars when we didn’t get ill

There will come a time when we can all play again

When the worry is gone, all are safe, and it’s then

You will see a new world, beyond walls closed to me

Where we are happy, and healthy, and where we are free

It will happen one day, when you can run in the wild

When you’re no longer a baby, but my lockdown child.