Do you remember

It was a little over a year ago

The warm sun exploded

And we learned to live

In the deeper dark

Feeling our way along walls

Sometimes accidentally touching

As we sought for new light…

And it was the strangest thing

That the birds went silent

And we were lost in this world

Without music;

But lately I’m hearing new songs

Chirped tentatively far and away

As if the furnace rekindles

And another glow prepares

To take the skies again