The only way out is through.

June wasn't easy. It was dense, humid, redundant. We made it through, but how? I turned off the news and made cups of black tea with honey and oat milk, I found refuge in the park, I met up with friends, I bathed in the sun, I biked to the ocean, I drank coconut water and ate the flesh too, I danced soca on a friend's rooftop, I cranked up the music to …