Page 38 - Everyone a Writer Anthology 2021

Emotions of the Pandemic

A murderous disease lingering quietly,
And forcing a rupture in every society,
An onslaught producing heaps of anxiety,
And causing devastation in every variety,
A slither of hope, but not in its entirety,
We have gotten dismayed but still fiery,
Prison is now what we consider our privacy,
But love and care has kept our sanity,
Sympathizing, caring. Our friends and family.

Ethan Thomas, Y8
Meadowhead It was like someone pressed pause on normality,
Suddenly everything changed,
It was so fast,
The streets became isolated,
People vanished into their homes,
Running from this deadly disease.

It was everywhere, outside, inside,
Somehow even the spaces in between,
It was as if we were mice and it was a cat,
Chasing us as we tried to escape,
But, there was no escape.

I miss the hugs and talks,
The smiles and laughs,
I miss being wild and free,
Going to school, being careless.

Our world changed overnight,
The buildings stood still,
No longer disturbed by the buzzing of the crowd.

The Earth went quiet for us,
But nature blossomed,
We waited and waited,
And hoped to be free,
And go back to normality

Alisha Waseem Ahmed, Y8
Meadowhead

The year the world stopped
I felt scared because this had never happened before.
I was sad because I couldn’t see my friends.
I had to stay at home and lock the doors.
I couldn’t go to restaurants or playgrounds.
I became bored because there was nothing to do.
I learned to appreciate the NHS even more.
I hoped the virus would stop.
And now, all because of the year the world stopped, I am a slightly different person.

Sienna, Y2
Abbey Lane

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