Opportunity

What an opportunity to watch the seasons change

From a slowed down version of the same beautiful place

New vantage points

With more time to find and gaze upon them

What an opportunity to reach out to the familiar and unfamiliar

Not only friends, but activities too, left dormant in the wake of necessity

Not as much is required of you now

So require more of yourself

What an opportunity to make an impression on another

To find love where you least expected it

To grow a relationship in the wake of a deficit

To forgive all the mistakes we made rushing on to what’s next

What an opportunity to reach the brink of a precipice

Stand up to the death-stroke of a pandemic

Join hands with all of humankind from a safe distance

See the world in a way you never knew existed

What an opportunity to put your heart on the table

To dive deeper than you thought you could take it

To overcome this thing just for the sake of making it

To get there even if you have to fake it

What an opportunity to dive deep within something else

Sleep deeply without worry for yourself

Be at peace that our short term sacrifice

Will keep the vulnerable alive and well

I see people connecting on another level

Now we have the time to tell each other all we wanted to tell

As our carbon imprint dissipates from outer space

And The Squares of Time frozen in place

I see young artists paint chalk masterpieces on the street

For their neighbors and friends they otherwise would never meet

I hear words being born for the world to see

From poets who otherwise seem to have little need

What an opportunity to find meaning

Hidden deep within your very own feelings

Who knew the soul still had such a hold on our being

And, if you listen, you can hear His voice where there is peace

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