5:00.

Dinner must be cooked

And picked at before we do the dishes.

And there is laundry to fold in the dryer.

Why does it feel like when the world is coming apart at its seams, that it holds together in these rituals of everyday.

The things that must be done.

The meals, the drop offs and pickups, the grocery shopping.

Each step.

Helps me.

Helps me keep moving forward.

Even when I feel as if there is nothing in front of me,