Our hermit status
is not one we chose on purpose  –
the closing portals of communication
were more like grass growing over,
and blackberry vines – things we thought
we’d attend to, when next – if only –
we could get the chance

But after a time I think maybe
we won’t even know
where the portals were,
won’t know how to open them up,
won’t remember, maybe,
why it would be
important to do so.

©Wendy Mulhern
April 7, 2021