The Lockdown Baby

A pandemic poem.

The years of the pandemic are now thankfully behind us. But its lessons of strength and resilience stay with us, in ways we may not always consciously recognize. Today I rediscovered this old picture-poem I had written at the start of the pandemic in 2020.

The Lockdown Baby She arrived When I Was busy. One day, When buildings Refused deliveries. She spent Five hours Alone, confined. Locked in The dark Underground. But still In days She bloomed. Resilient Little Spirit. Cities Lock Down.

People Pass On

The Earth Lives.

I was living in India at that time and we had some of the strictest lockdowns in the world. If you lived in an apartment, deliveries were collected at the gate and not allowed inside. It was on one such day that this plant arrived, a gift from a friend on my birthday. Our security staff put it in the basement. But when I got to it many hours later the next day, it was still well. As the pandemic ripped through the world, I was grateful for nature’s resilience.

I also invite you to read Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles’ inspiring piece I Have Learned To Find Joy Even In Hard Times.