The Cost of Living

But they can’t stand it. 

They can’t stand waiting for spring. 

They’re stuck in winter with its dark, heavy clouds that look like they’ll stay forever. 

It feels like it’s the end but it’s not the end. 

They don’t know what they’ll do or where they’ll live or if they’ll end up going somewhere else.

-Chantal Akerman (My Mother Laughs)