I am a survivor Many of us are From the few last years or so We have battle scars From fear, loss, illness Overall stress from the times But, we are still here Still standing Broken perhaps But we made it through To the other side Though so many did not Such loss and pain The war is not over yet Itβs still going on Quietly In so many places The danger is still there Lurking Muted only by vaccines For that we are grateful Yet we must remain vigilant More battles may be coming Yet we have made it to this point We are survivors We too are warriors I am thankful