in these times.

i am here.

in these times 

it can feel like being swallowed 

by the same solid ground

that once held our sweet footsteps.

we bow and bend with each gust

of the winds tales,

fearing that one of these times,

we'll break.

we are challenged to stand 

in the very thing that contains us;

that very thing that keeps 

our hard-worked persona together.

be it serving or soiling, 

momentum will never teach us

what stillness has to offer.

you are scared? me too.

but I am bound in the same shackles as you. 

and so,

we cry in frustration at our inability to run.

we sway together

in this race to evade what She 

is now forcing us to witness. 

we lean, finally, into another.

~

i am here with you.