Relief or an ending?

Is it over?

Or just beginning?

Can we even say the storm is over?

When the effects haunt us

every second

of every minute

of every day

I’m not saying

That it’s not gone

The worst of it is in the past

But the future doesn’t look brighter

Will any of this last?

We put ourselves together

Just for another storm to hit

And wreck all of our progress

I don’t know if it’s worth it

Maybe we should just hunker down

Stay safe in the aftermath

Don’t think about the future

It’s not here yet

Just live

In the relief of the

end

of

the

past