We welcomed class of 2020 in grief,

In wake of the 9/11 heartbreak;

Now you greet adulthood with no relief,

Facing the Corona virus outbreak.

How much more cruelty can you partake?

Will you continue to face a world unkind?

How many more milestones will you forsake?

Will you question the good in humankind?

Thoughtfully, I plan, keeping you in mind

To uplift your spirit, even a while,

In a creative medium to unwind,

To bring to your faces a bright, broad smile.

They say the road is long, the mile is wide,

But you have me, Tenacity, on your side.