We are trying to save each other’s lives

Today, as every day

Jessica Kantrowitz

Today, as every day

we are crying out in pain

we are reaching out in desperate love

we are suffering in loneliness

we are trying to find each other

Today, as every day

we feel ill-prepared and ill-equipped

we are trying to find resources

we are trying to offer ourselves as a resource

we are trying to listen

we are trying to get someone to listen

Today, as every day

we are breaking under the pressure

we are falling, we are rising

we are holding each other up, and together

we are trying to save each other’s lives