Sunday, November 14, 2021

careful steps

you remember
bounding
up the stairs, or down.
that's what we called it.
bounding.
our legs
strong. our lungs 
still fresh.
the blood within us
still new,
still young.
you remember those
days.
they seem close,
not far away,
at all,
as you grip the rail
and carefully
step up, or down,
minding your way
to avoid a fall.

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