Living in Melbourne during 2020 was not a pleasant experience.
We did our best though and made sure we had plenty of walks in nature, plenty of organic food delivered to our door in the Yarra Valley and plenty of visits with our kids’ grandparents—even if it meant ignoring travel-limit ‘rules’ and dodging police road-blocks.
On our street one day, in the small country town where we lived, I watched a frail elderly man struggling to walk along the footpath. He was wearing a face-mask and his obvious discomfort caused me me to feel near overwhelming despair; for him, for our community and for everyone letting fear govern their choices.
A friendly soul on Twitter suggested I write a short song (suitable for Twitter sharing duration—under 2.20 min/sec) to embody those feelings. This song is the result. That same anonymous contact made this video.
In Victoria we had over 220 days of lockdown restrictions.
