In The Time Of The Virus - Elizabeth C. Herron

[Larry Robinson]

In The Time Of The Virus


In the fullness of time you said
by which I remembered 
all life is vibration, a sine wave 
an ebb and flow
Even a virus has rhythm
gathering and tightening, loosening 
and letting go

On the valley oaks the nubs of leaves
are a promise of shade
In the orchards 
blossoms promise apples

and in the fullness of time
you will bend to see 
your granddaughter’s first smile
the gap where your grandson lost
his first tooth

In the fullness of time 
we will greet and hold each other 
close as the season’s light 
and shadows close
as the fingers of my hand
raised now to wave to you


	- Elizabeth C. Herron