I've been waiting for warmer weather All though this tardy cold Spring I've been waiting for time together Despite the perils this virus brings Will this fear of nearing others Infect our lives at long last Will the hug between friends and family Be a habit that is lost from the past We can wish for smiles and closeness We can hope for a touch so renewed But as long as this death do so haunt us We're left in our solitude Will the boredom of isolation Be the doldrums of life's new routine As a wind dies near the equator And leaves us in seas unforeseen But my eyes turn toward the heavens In hope of a joy now returned And hope for the healthy recovery For those who lay bedded and spurned We can wish for smiles and closeness We can hope for a touch so renewed But as long as death do so haunt us We're left in our solitude As my heart longs for Summer evenings My mind's eye a vision of peace Where death has been dealt such an arrow Where hatred and strife have ceased My hope is for such a kind future Where truth is not turned into doubt Where lies are not routinely spoken Where falsehood is brought to a rout We can wish for smiles and closeness We can hope for a touch so renewed But as long as death do so haunt us We're left in our solitude I've been waiting for warmer weather All through this tardy, cold Spring