The Longest Day

I stretch to take in another day

Excited to meet my friends at a cafe

I plan the clothes that I will wear

I plan of how to wear my hair

And as I step into the shower

A sadness comes over me

Today is not a regular day

We are still under lockdown-

I'm so bored

Cafes are closed, no place to go

There's no need to arrange my clothes

No friends around, nowhere to go-

I'm so bored

I strategize of what to do

I now decide to read a book

I make the characters come to life

Before I know it, I'm so involved

I know the people; they're my friends

I close my eyes and I am there

I get to live my life through them

I visit places

Meet new faces

And at the end of the present chapter

I recognize that my life is full of adventure.

And then I lift my head to recogn