Ballerina
Pirouetting and leaping
Telling a story gracefully
Like a swan princess
If only my body was thirteen again.
Climber
Reaching and scrambling
Rising gritty to the challenge
As a lizard on a ledge
If only I hadn't fallen a few minutes ago.
©
2017 by H. Linn Murphy
These are both great, Heidi! So glad you participate in #NationalPoetryMonth - you are such a wonderful writer!!
ReplyDeleteLove the "Rising gritty" line! Great poem!
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