Page 33 - Everyone a Writer Anthology 2021

The Worst Thing Was Last Year

This thing is not about wealth, it’s about health
It doesn’t care who, it wants you
We had to do our tasks, wearing masks
Covid is invading, it is raiding

The Year The World Stopped, Lessons on Google Class room, quizzes on Zoom
Washing hands with soap, holding on to hope
Our home began to heal, Toilet roll sold out, people angrily shout
The Earth grew back, Covid stays as a bat, now a rat
The vines grew up with us but still,
All we feel, People taking a test, doing their best
Is how we are trapped in a box, Scientists making a vaccine, every one keen
Which they named a bubble. The world won’t stop, until Covid drops

Habits become hobbies, Alfie Dean, Y5
Which change and they change, Norton Free
So we try to escape but we’re still in a cage,
An endless loop,
But the government says..
“Just go and see your friends”

So they stay,
And we pray,
Does the world have to end?

It’s an invisible killer,
But we still help it grow. The Chaotic Year

Nature grows back, The world has been changing
We let it this time, Feelings have been ranging
We look outside and see a bee-hive, Germs got left behind on everything we touched
It’s not virtual so still, We had to do cleaning, oh so much.
We let out a sigh
Germs took over people and made them ill
Clap for carers they said, They cough, sneeze and even kill.
But nothing really helps.
We’re stuck in this bubble, We have been told to stay at home
Oh, please make it pop! To prevent these germs
We all missed our family and friends
Mia Moors But we had to stay safe.
Woodseats
It’s time we put this to an end
Working together the world will mend
Follow the rules to keep you well
What an amazing story we have to tell.

Amy Currie, Y5
Norton Free

33