The vEil

Can you remember the lockdown period during the Covid pandemic? Sure you can. During the COVID pandemic, the lockdown period brought a sense of quiet and calm, free from stress except for the Covid impact. Sometimes, I miss the silence in the streets, no traffic jams, the silence in shops, no media hunting for watch ratio and no reports of sensational news other than the impact of COVID. 

A veil of silence was covering us. The stress in surviving the pandemic and “we will be back again” messages. “Stay in and don’t spread the disease” These words are still embedded in my brain. We were more respectful of each other by doing this. 

Do you remember the first days we went back entering a so-called new standard of life, the post-COVID time? We felt free again. We were so glad to be in contact with each other. But we were humble or modest against nature’s wrath.

What has remained from that time? Nothing, beside the home office work and a sad reminder of our losses, only a vague remembrance of the period. Sometimes, I do miss a lockdown period on earth.