A Wishful Hope

By: Kerri Merriam-Buckton

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What some thought was no big deal

Has quickly brought our world to heel.

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It’s not that we didn’t care before

But now it’s become even more.

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It’s no longer far off, or stranger’s faces

I hear their names, I know these places.

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There’s no right answer, no place to run

This cloud is surrounding everyone.

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Time as always, marches on

Yet life as we knew it, for now has gone.

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Walking the streets, all looks the same

But something in the air has changed.

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There’s an emptiness you both see and feel,

Will I be okay, will I heal?

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A confusing time indeed

And for anxiety to feed.

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When we see so much empathy lost

Gone away like the frost.

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Yet all is not lost, we can still cope

If we hold on tightly to our hope.

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This storm we will be able to weather

If we all do our part together.

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I try to take my own advice

To be so hopeful sounds so nice.

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But sometimes I so miserably fail,

And I want to be able to curse and wail.

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Inside I scream for the injustice of it all

But will my tears not to fall.

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The example must be set

And the challenge must be met.

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For my children I will play along

And pretend that I am strong.

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Forgive me please should you see me cry

At times I am weak and afraid to die.

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Not yet please, they still need me.

Is what I pray on bended knee.

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Tomorrow I hope to be more cheerful

Not so dark and not so fearful.

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So I’ll lay back and rest my feet,

Try to quiet my mind and get some sleep.

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And as I lay my head to rest

I wish you all the very best.