when the ground shakes in these uncertain times

when the house no longer shelters from the moment’s storms

when the heart breaks from all it’s asked to carry

when tears fall faster than the flooding rain

let us hold each other

enfolded in the expanse of silent regard

with spacious kindness for all grief

be a staff in the fog that surrounds the day

a gentle warmth in night’s approaching chill

we have mourned so many deaths and died so many times

we have loved so much and given to each other in different ways

this is now familiar space

no presumption to guide, no offer but this

let us walk together at our own pace

let us walk together in peace