a snorkel

until I stop for my first school bus since March 2020

I don’t realize my emotions are not drowning

they’re treading water underneath my surface

I watch kids unload

they greet their moms

their dogs

tears bubble through my snorkel

© 14 January 2022

Cindy B. Stevens

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