Sloan Gorge Preserve May 12, 2020

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Cantine Fields Trails May 11, 2020

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Ulster Landing May 11, 2020

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different days

We go to that house on different days 

My daughter and I keeping our distance 

Leaving things for each other safely exchanging 

Tokens of our affection staying connected. 

I haven’t seen her in the longest time

And it will be some time more before I do

But we keep in touch all the same

Needing to know we are each all right.

In those rooms I hear her voice from before 

I see her smile coming through the door 

Memories of a happy time living together 

When she was preparing to go out on her own.

Now the pandemic brings a weekly visit home 

Doing her laundry and enjoying the backyard deck 

Getting away from the urban crush of people 

Living in view of Manhattan across the Hudson. 

And we go to our house every nine or ten days 

Traveling back from our May sojourn upstate 

Exploring the Hudson Valley and Catskills 

Where we wait out the worst of the first wave.

We go to water the plants and take in the mail 

And see the light coming through the windows 

And see the garden in spring flowering 

And imagine living here again next month. 

As the days go by getting used to a new routine 

Feeling healthy enough not thinking I'm sick

I'm ready to let go of my worries and enjoy 

Being where we can be by ourselves outdoors.