Disclaimer: the following does not refer to any one person. I am posting mostly as a selfish sort of catharsis. I wrote this not to offend, but to work through some hard issues and perhaps show others that they are not alone.

I see you smiling, laughing

I see you hugging in the hallways

I hear you mock scientists and “the left”

I hear you plan weddings without a thought to funerals

I know you question the vaccine

I know you ignore information from “liberals”

I see you maskless, triumphant

I see you alive

I hear you sing, “Love so amazing, so divine”

I hear you pray for this country, reverent and solemn

I know you won’t ever see this

I know you’ll never hear my frustrated tears

And yet still I know I will forgive

Seventy-seven times

I know I will see you in heaven

I know I will hear you rejoice

And yet still I know that I grieve

Grief you do not see

Grief you do not hear

Grief you do not know

And this is love, so amazing

And so weary