I'm locked down but I'm free,
Free from social anxiety.
I do what I want inside my own home,
I don't feel guilt nor am I alone.

I don't worry what others think and make my own decisions,
I'm living my own life and I'm not exposed to comparisons,

I don't feel sad for being away from the children,
I get to see what they learn and I'm the one that nurtures them,

My husband is at home and I have his attention,
I don't have to compete with a match or another distraction,
We get on really well, I haven't had a surge of resentment,
Just being together reminds me of our early contentment.

I don't care what clothes I wear, comfort is the key,
I can wear whatever I like there's only my family to see.

This lockdown has set me free,
Clarity to decide who is me,
All the noise that dictated my life,
Has been silenced along with the strife.

For no appointment am I late,
Another reason to not myself berate,
No worry of my husband stuck on the road,
No kids swimming lessons that my sanity erode.

I have more choices now I'm locked down,
Choices to do little and my loved ones surround,
I'm closer to the ones that matter,
Ringing often for a cheer up natter.

There's much in this lockdown that will cost dear,
The worry, the economy, the death, the fear.
But in my microcosm where anxiety once reined,
My sense of self is no longer restrained.