Time hurtled by for all those years
With work and play and smiles and tears
Freedoms so simple were taken as given
The sheer happiness of daily earning a living
Then watching the girl grow into a woman
Excited to be part of all that was coming
But the past two years brought a step change
The curtailing of freedoms and life disarranged
Please may the New Year set us all free
My silent prayer on bended knee