Kimberly Hickman
"A Short poem on resilience and learning in the era of covid-19"
When at night time
The street lights
Begin to feel more like your sunshine
Let the luminescence fill your day
Trust me, that is okay
When the blue light of your screen
Over takes
What was supposed to make your smile gleam
And killing the time seems more right
The vacant seconds even divine
Until suddenly the seconds become the present
Not feeling so much like a gift
May you overcome this hurdle of time
Letting it be what pushes you past the finish line
But do not let these factors define
The hunger inside you
That should always guide you
Be resilient in your motions
Rising above commotion
And all of the notions that deprive you
Of being all you can be
The idea of believing in far more
Often seems more attainable than doing so
But in these moments of isolation
We have learned not to let the crashing of waves Feel like destruction
Rather than a way to move mountains
An opportunity of progression