A strange year
It has been a very strange year, like none we have had before
Corona 19 pandemic, came knocking on our door
It has changed the world we live in, and our lives from day to day
And despite the efforts that were made, it is still not gone away
It is coming on a year now, since our first recorded case
And everyone has felt the pain, our world is a different place
Pubs hotels and restaurants, have had to close their doors
Uni’s, schools and churches, and all non-essential stores
Our workforce, where it is possible, have been asked to work from home
And we’re all asked to be sensible, and not to cross the foam
Holidays have been cancelled, weddings put on hold
People are affected, in each family and household
We can’t even have a gathering, when a friend or loved one dies
We never thought we would be deprived, to say our last goodbyes
The thoughts that our hospitals would not cope, was probably our biggest fear
But thankfully they have all stood up, though they had a real tough year
So to put it very mildly, it has been a trying test
And despite the painful constraints, we all have done our best
But things they are improving now, although progress is slow
There is light inside the tunnel, we all can see a glow
I believe the fifth of April, is the new date that’s been set
And restrictions will be lifted, if the targets have been met
The death numbers are dropping, confirmed cases coming down
Normality slowly coming back, to our cities and our town
Hospital numbers dipping, vaccinations being rolled out
We are at the beginning of the end, in that I have no doubt
All those little bits of news, gives us hope within our heart
Every day that passes, brings us nearer, a new start
The normal life that we once knew, we might never see again
But when this plague has passed us, a new era will begin
And the life that we will enter, when we open a new door
Could be even brighter, than the one we knew before
Peter Costello