hope lifts it\'s head
and shakes off the sleepiness of recent months
caught the sun shining
caught movement in post lockdown streets
cast a smile of recognition
across a frame long aching to achieve
looked a stranger in the eye
and saw the smiling eyes above covid\'s mask
humanity returns to the streets
same old dog barking
same old springtime new growth on the trees
same old same old
thank goodness for the same old same old