Homesong

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Close Enough To Touch

I wrote a song right at the beginning of the first Covid lockdown in the UK. It was called Clean Hands (And A Little Bit Of Space). The first verse dated very quickly as it happens, because at the time of writing, wearing masks in confined spaces hadn't become a thing. 

But the chorus goes like this:

"As long as we’ve got clean hands, and a little bit of space 

There could be hope for the human race".

The thing is, I suspect we've all had more than our fill of "a little bit of space". And the question is now about how we're going to start to rebuild our connections and our lives when we can get close enough to touch again.

It's been a difficult time, but I also think that there is an opportunity to do so many things differently. Maybe even do them  better. And I'm a believer in the beauty of small differences adding up to big changes. 

But it does take work. And commitment. Hope alone, is not enough if we want to live together in better harmony.