In the meantime

 

In the meantime

By Olivia Gwyn

Someone is throwing a housewarming party for their friends,

loaves of bread are being brought and bowls of rice are being filled

Someone notices the leaves falling from the trees for the first time,

and a baby discovers their toes, wide-eyed

Someone is getting complimented at the register in the coffee shop 

and going to be thinking about it all day 

A middle aged mom is have a sleepover with her college best friends,

and someone is smiling at a text on their phone late at night

If you look closely, all around us,

someone is noticing someone,

somebody is making someone feel less alone

And it’s not much,

maybe not even enough,

but it is something

And it is something

for us not to forget to look

And there are reflections of stars

in the black of the river

if you stay 

long enough to notice the light