We found our nature

We lost our freedoms, we found our nature.

It looks like everything is going to return to normal soon as the government is slowly (quite quickly actually) opening up the economy. The kids are mostly back in school, alternating between school and home every week - giving us a sweet reminder taste of the circuit-breaker every once in a while.

But how did we survive the month-long do-nothing, go-nowhere holiday in May. May? Actually, it wasn't that bad - we had board games, cycling, and movies, and somehow, that seemed to be enough.

Nature went crazy without humans going around with their cutters

It's funny how staying at home seemed like a daunting inconceivable task - as they say, first world problems. Filled with dread and misery, the family put themselves through this unimaginable torture which only comes once in a lifetime - they had to stay at home.

And now the days of suffering and pain are coming to an end, how I long for them even more. The peace and calm will be replaced by frantic rushing around, appointments, outside meals, shopping trips. Once quiet and empty roads will suddenly fill with bustling with honking traffic, spewing carbon and dust into the air. Grass will be cut, flowers slashed, butterflies left homeless. The world once still, can begin to turn again.

I will miss the quiet walks to nowhere, strolling past shuttered shops and lonely seats, covered in red-and-white tape. Even the pigeons went into home-quarantine. I ran on empty streets and pavements, saw traffic lights changing pretending cars were there. The air was fresh, clean and a stillness rang out through the air bringing it back to a time when humans didn't roam the earth.

I do not wish for another pandemic to wreak havoc on the human race again, causing much illness and death, But we've been reminded to slow down, take it easy and allow the earth to regenerate and breathe.

Circuit breaker, you will be missed.