Perhaps

 

                                   

Perhaps we'll begin to put down our phones

And even learn to talk.

Perhaps we'll appreciate the smaller things;

A cup of tea with a friend, a social outing, a walk.

Perhaps we'll begin to embrace each other,

As if meeting anew.

Perhaps we'll learn to sacrifice

Some of 'me' for a little bit of 'you'.

Perhaps we'll remember those who hid in years gone by

By only candlelight.

Perhaps we'll realize our misfortunes

Would insult those who lost that fight.

Perhaps we'll begin to value our health;

That it is a blessing and not a right.

Perhaps we'll remind ourselves of this

Once the sickness is firmly out of sight.

Perhaps we'll see the world with different eyes,

In all its chaos and splendor.

Perhaps we'll see that life is something

To be enjoyed and not just to endure.

Perhaps this will come to pass,

And perhaps we will learn a lot.

But I fear, Knowing us,

Perhaps we will not.