During the lockdown, Dr Peter Unwin, from the School of Allied Health and Community, has been conducting weekly support sessions with members of the University’s user and carer group, IMPACT. There are 40 members of IMPACT, all with backgrounds of lived experiences of health and social care services, who complement teaching at the University via involvement in classroom delivery, being part of panels /role-plays and in marking student work. They are also part of curriculum design and validation processes.
During the sessions, members have been sharing the way they are coping with lockdown. One member, Claire (known as ‘The Poet with Passion’ has been writing a lot , including the poem ’Safe’ which was recently published in the Worcester News, and we are sharing with you here:
Safe?
Two metres away
We must obey
Just to stay
Safe
Don’t shake hands
Cancel social plans
Across the land
Safe
We must isolate
Try to meditate
It feels great
Safe
Silence all around
Barely human sound
Beating heart pound
Safe
Sunshine spring sky
Birds tweeting nearby
I’m gonna cry
Safe
Time is endless
Anxiety so effortless
Living such stress
Safe
The phone rings
Your voice brings
Secure, warm feelings
Safe.
University of Worcester Staff News 