How do I endure
When connection was the cure
for my depression?
How do I maintain
a balance in my brain
through touch suppression?
How do I succeed
When the contact that I need
has been forbidden
How do I hold fast
When the lessons of the past
have been rewritten
How do I persist
When my brain likes to resist
all medication?
How do I succeed
When every touch I need
Holds hesitation
How do I make nice
While I try to pay the price
of my existence
How do I keep going
When closeness becomes knowing
Social distance
How do I endure
How do I make sure
I can survive this
How do we endure
How will we procure
A cup of kindness
How do we endure
When we're forced to mature
And beg forgiving
How do we endure
When we can't say "no more,
this isn't living!"
How do we endure
How do we feel secure
with lack of hoping
How do we endure
I need advice from your
new ways of coping
How do we endure
When trauma can obscure
that it's systemic
How do we endure
A life that's so unsure
it's called Pandemic