Lockdown

We've spent the last two years

couped up, going crazy.

Safety was the only word!

protection 

security

community

looking out for our loved ones.

I'm reminded of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs

and the pyramid of human behaviour.

In one way there has been a devolution of the human species

and we are relegated to the lower rungs of psychological safety

and home security.

Look a little closer though and cherrypick the rung

Family is there, a tick for love

Respect for others and self

In todays world thats been both present

and remarkably absent.

Hell that's not a pandemic issue

that's a human issue.

Try getting higher up that pyramid and you'll run into 

a glass ceiling.

The great leveller a pandemic

has destroyed the jobs and worth of talented

denied people ability to help themselves 

and others.

charity

who has time for that

its now every man or premier for themselves.

(missed your loved ones?)

and now to top it off

we have a war.

no end in sight

madmen in control.

but wait there's now a mosquito virus

that infects peoples brain

and they die in their sleep.

No cure.

what next?

no internet?

god forbid.

end of the world.