Thursday, July 16, 2015

Walks these Days


Walks are different these days of my old age.
I remember the staggered drunken walks of
Careless days, lopsidedly just trying to make

It home, the jobless walks of shame, wonder-
ing, now which way to go? I remember the ela-
ted hand-in-hand walks two lovers used to take,

The high-stepping struts of days I was sure I had
It made. I remember those effortless smooth
Glides of my youth, the seamless poetic steps

Taken in stride, the fresh air of mind, and thank
God I’m alive! How many walks in a lifetime have
Been made? And my, how things have changed.

Oh, I remember those days gone by. And now I
Am left with only the painful limp of what remains,
Hopeful still I can keep on step by step, and make

 It once again all the way home.

Chris Hanch  7-16-15





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