Peach lingers as sunlight falls
  and behind, has even painted
      grey clouds happier
        and I try to inhale seven,
                                exhale eleven,
      but the frantic black-wire
                        gut-froth won’t tire
                     today

The twang of anxiety
and rattle of adrenaline
is hard to dispel
sat facing a laptop
at a kitchen table,
making all video calls
seem like I’m an addict
jonesing for my next fix.
I got the Teams twitch.

When we were in the classroom
we'd draw up the shades
to welcome sunlight.

We were one:
in exhaustion
frustration
excitement.

There is something fundamental to learning
that lies in the energy of the body;
what one body becomes
among others.

I hope you can all remember
what we became
together.