Staggering news
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1 min readSep 15, 2018
Inspired by Terijo’s prompt: Stagger
Day after day
The news
Knocks us sideways
Pushes us down
Blow after blow
Until we stagger
From the weight
A ray of hope
A guilty plea
Another conviction
People smile a bit
Storm slows down
Floods of news
Become bearable
Hold on to that hope
Fight off the blows
Find a way to keep
Upright, moving
Dreaming, believing
Stagger if you must
But keep going
