- Vol. 07
- Chapter 10
And yet
She dreams of expansive blue skies
He dreams of fields with grasses waving
She dreams of days of fresh crispy air
He dreams of unrestricted motion
She dreams of space to fully stretch
He dreams of wildly leaping, yet
They are together in this place
This flat with four little rooms
They have to share the bathroom space
They have to share the kitchen
They want to share the bedroom space
This leaves just one room, yet
They can’t imagine not being together
They can’t imagine being apart
They can’t imagine staying in forever
They can’t imagine going out
They can’t imagine how this will end, yet
He dreams of splashing in rivers with her
She dreams of walking miles with him
He dreams of leaping boulders with her
She dreams of skipping stones with him
They dream of days when this is over, yet
And yet
They are together in this place
This flat with four little rooms
They have to share the bathroom space
They have to share the kitchen
They want to share the bedroom space
This leaves just one room, yet
This room despite the zooms it hosts
This room despite the work piles mess
This room despite the Wii in the corner
This room despite the view to the west
Holds treasure precious in a jar, yet
In Twenty-Twenty all through the weeks
Of lockdown and pandemic chaos
Of smelly socks and PMS rages
Of eating too much and too much drinking
All the time they are thinking
What endearments to speak on paper
Wishes and promises for the future, yet
Here they are confined inside
Four small rooms for months on end
Just the two of them together
Dreaming of stretching, of leaping, of space
Planning their forever plans
Not once did they expect
The sickness would affect them
And yet …