This Weather

This weather is for N
whose time is we don’t know
how long or short or springs
or summers or falls how many.

This weather is for N
anxious to get back hopeful
to her island which is north
and reached by ferry
we don’t know how close
or far or how much back and forth.

This weather is for N
these frogs and the chives
and grass and syrup making
thaw by day and freeze
and we don’t know how warm
or long or cold or back and forth.

This weather is for N
to get to her island
for long and summer long.