#34

With Covered Smiles

We try our best 

To be hopeful 

To find rest

We count the days

Up and down again

It’s like a haze

We look towards the light

We stare it down and hope it knows

It couldn’t take us in a fight

We hope for the end

The moment that we’re free to go where we please

And when we finally see our friends

We ask for kindness

As this was the first time 

We had to covet being mindless

With covered smiles

We give the world a chance 

To remember 

To recover

To end.