I see love in the distance
I see love in a nod
In strangers who are neighbours
Who take to the street to applaud.


Players I can’t see
But a player or players I can hear
As they play music in a sign of unity
And to show that community is still here.


I see love in the distance
As I lean out and squint my eyes
To see neighbours coming closer
Keeping space, while leaving their homes inside.


I see love in the distance
In how they meet and greet each other
Their nods of applaud hold such significance
Non physical hugs, we now give each other.

I see community, I see spirit
I see strength, and I see will
And what I can’t see I can hear
And I feel the love, that distance can not kill.


I see spark and I see heart
I see unity and I see hope
In the spaces kept between neighbours
In strangers up the road. 


As they gather in their outing
For twenty to forty minutes maybe most
At a time full of doubting
To show in distance we’re still close.


I see love in the distance
In how we greet in a nod
And the physicality that’s now missing
Is replaced in a different bond.


I see love in the distance
I see love in music and a nod
In strangers who are neighbours
Taking to the street to bond in an applaud.

© Daniel Breslin