Waterbourne
virus
a kind of shingles
of the soul.
We are at
the low tide
of the storm.
If being sea side
helps the lungs
and being outside
the tents
pre-antibiotics
helped Spanish flu sufferers
survive
then walk
breathe
against the elements
at the shore
distanced from others
but close to
earth
water
fire
air
stone.
Yvonne Boyle has been writing poems for a numbers of years and lives on the North Coast, Northern Ireland.