isolate - From the Latin, insulare, to make into an island
I - sol - ate
I am solo
since the positive Covid test
have made myself an island
plotted my time
as a map of solitude
coordinated myself to a pattern of rest
I - sol - ate
within my flat
on the sofa
under a rug
beside the coffee table
between lunch and supper
among books music TV podcasts phone calls
with glasses of water
within on under beside between among with --
these prepositions hold me in time and space
identifying relationships between me and my environment
until I am better
