Unity

By, Julie Marasco

There was a time

We’d recognize each other by our faces,

But when the world divided us

Six feet apart

Your face became unknown,

Two years spent

Solely learning the language of the eyes

As words were foreign on the tongue,

United,

We are all simply trying to survive,

A road paved with new beginnings,

I find inner peace

Knowing I’m not the only traveler.