Patagonia
I’ve always known you for a traveler — gypsy
soul, free-roaming spirit, frequent flyer,
the one who gives gravity the slip.
The night I met you, you were on your way
to paddle in Patagonia — the trip
of a lifetime and just another day
at the end of the world. I see you gliding
in your kayak, past the misty gray
mountains, with your heart as big as the sky.
for Barbara
© Michael Fleming
Brattleboro, Vermont
May 2020
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