Collectively Counting Stephen James Smith (Ft. Gareth Quinn Redmond & Villagers)

Counting numbers is a functional kind of meditation, a distraction in this state of isolation
Let's make a decision to count to ten together and find a way to weather this hibernation

One
How many days has it been?
Have you found a new routine?
Have you lost opportunities?
New possibilities?
New faith in our authorities or still the same old anxieties?
How heartened are you by the charity found in our communities?

Two
How many are trying to catch our collective breath?
Bereft of touch, on House Party drinking too much
How many are drinking alone?
Would feel safer alone?
How many are on the latest death toll?
how many comparative charts do we need to console us

Three
How many expect an impending baby boom?
Something to look forward to amongst the gloom
How many Zoom downloads? Jobs furloughed?
How many had to look up the meaning of that word?

Four
How many businesses with their backs against the wall?
Yet how many expected that welcome, unexpected phone call?
A break in the rent, a preorder, we're in this together, we're all accountable
How many are reevaluating what's reasonable?