Gloria Deckro
Nostalgia
I avoided doorknobs
stifled an itch
ducked as panic
ricocheted empty
shelves, stowed
one bunch of daffodils
bright as before
we knew something
could latch into us
and multiply,
before
we were scrambling
to claw back
anything familiar.
Now I grate carrots
beat eggs,
every plan curdled,
try to bake cake.
See the fine frosting
of snow
allude to a season
before
we were sheltered
in place.
—Submitted on 03/23/2020
Gloria Deckro is a physician with a background in family practice and the role of mindfulness in health and medicine. She founded the Silver River Institute in 2004 to foster an integrated approach to health skills training. Deckro lives and studies poetry in the Greater Boston area.
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