My family has normal temperatures –
we understand the power of apart.
Awaiting new vaccines and symptom cures,
we’re staying in our separate homes but start
to suffer cabin fever, one and all.
We want to eat together, and embrace –
we doubt we can sustain this break till fall –
we need to kiss, for real, each other’s face.

Allowed to step outside for exercise,
we’re scrutinizing yard and neighborhood,
and what presents is candy for the eyes.
All vistas stem from spring; the garden’s good
with signs of life and health. The iris blooms.
We carry purple visions to our rooms.