Back to Work

Lock down was sudden
COVID came noiseless
Work from home mandatory
Work life balance was a dream
No fine line between two entities

quickly finished cooking
laundry and tidying house
before deadline submit reports
noisy disturbing background not an excuse
lucky to have an hour or two
to juggle between kitchen and work

Breakfast menu never was repeated
fresh lunch and dinner menus were the same
tit bits were rewards for the boys
As food was the only new hope they had
What is there to eat was the question
Four mouths enjoyed asking four times per meal
Not that they messed up the house daily
Kind were they to throw some help if they feel

When I think back still could not remember
How my energy generated those busy days
Sometimes to work till late with pleasure
May be the circumstances were the drive
No weekend or holiday expected
Work has become the center of hope

Gradually work load reduced over the time
Fastening my eyes to television
During the night hours and noon
Weak eye sight always protest
Encouraging not to read books
Travel, Ghosts, technology and space
Became part of the New Normal Life of mine

I can not comprehend my feelings
That generated with much awaited E mail invitation
Finally the day came after more than hundred days
To back to office as the country regaining strength
Never I felt the freshness of a silent cool office
Although the faces were covered with masks
Eyes speaks the comradeship we had
Each had a story to tell
Keeping distance chattering like birds