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id="5017">My own little sacred labyrinth Surrounded by homes of people</p><p id="7465">Who are as in between as I am Who are not singing from balconies yet and if we did</p><p id="6b95">It would be a mixture of English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi and more, it would be voices old and young it would be</p><p id="0c37">Neighbors, strangers, humans In the midst of all of this spring and life, in the</p><p id="84be">Middle of all of this hope and fear, in the Curve and flattening of the curve of this</p><p id="a240">Now normal new normal potentially Up and down normal where we do not know</p><p id="1a7b">What each new day will bring, but we have to Spring up, step out, and balance</p><p id="16da">Isolation is protection for now, but we are all In this together —</p><p id="8346">connection is what Must manifest.</p><p id="630d">©<a href="https://medium.com/@jennyjustice">Jenny Justice.</a> All Rights Reserved.</p><p id="6036"><b><i>Jenny Justice</i></b><i>, Poet. Author of Love in the Time of Climate Change and Reveal. You can read more of her poetry at<a href="https://medium.com/justice-poetic"> Justice Poetic.</a></i> <i>Sign up for her newsletter <a href="https://jennyjustice.substack.com/p/c

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Distancing

A Poem

I stepped outside After days of social isolation

After social and let’s face it personal Distancing

After hours and hours and hours Of The Simpsons, of Netflix, of Facebook Scrolling

For updates that signal hope, for news That might be good, for relief, for release, for peace

I step outside and it is just as odd out here as it is in There, there as in my home, there as in my body

It is quiet, it is silent, it is in between rain, snow, and sun The sidewalks around my apartment complex

Are a picture of the day, Spring Equinox in a pandemic Dead worms, blue salt, empty

I can only walk this same walk so many times It does feel nice, the wind, the sun, the cold

My own little sacred labyrinth Surrounded by homes of people

Who are as in between as I am Who are not singing from balconies yet and if we did

It would be a mixture of English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi and more, it would be voices old and young it would be

Neighbors, strangers, humans In the midst of all of this spring and life, in the

Middle of all of this hope and fear, in the Curve and flattening of the curve of this

Now normal new normal potentially Up and down normal where we do not know

What each new day will bring, but we have to Spring up, step out, and balance

Isolation is protection for now, but we are all In this together —

connection is what Must manifest.

Jenny Justice, Poet. Author of Love in the Time of Climate Change and Reveal. You can read more of her poetry at Justice Poetic. Sign up for her newsletter here.