Rendezvous

I have been waiting for her for four months. These days without her never existed, as if time without her is meaningless. The echoes of the two sisters on my watch stand witness to this time that I have suffered alone.

I am waiting for her to come back from her long trip. I hear of her everywhere, on the TV, the newspapers and the radio. I wonder if she is going to be okay.

And then suddenly, it's time. It's time. It's time today!

Today, one foot steps outside and the other timidly follows. She will be here soon, I see her and I think I hear her. She opens her shutters and devours the avenues. I can smell her in the cafes and I a smile at her. I want to hear her murmurs, her loud arguments and her honks. I want to admire her lush green parks and forgive her for her often dysfunctional subway system. I want to look up at her beautiful buildings that blind out the sun.

She is back but she is different. She is apprehensive and protective. Masks and gloves protect her loved ones. But for now I relish the new normal.Oh! how I have missed her.

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