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Sat 10 Jul, 2004 02:54 am
Most of my poetry rhymes, but this is one of the few free verse poems I've written. Comments gratefully received.
STROLLING THROUGH A LIFETIME
Bangled thighs above first tentative steps
Socks, one up, one falling down, exposed grazed knees
Stairs run up two together
Short skirt revealing lingering puppy fat
Long and slim in sheer nylons - dancing
A garter glimpsed as white dress slightly lifts
Clad in blue jeans rocking in time to lullaby
Less time for painted toenails
Stairs run up singly
Comfortable shoes beneath slightly varicose calves
Cellulite dimpled thighs, painful knees
Stairs walked up
Thickening ankles
Blue lined maps hidden under thick tights
Stick adds support for tentative steps
Stairs no longer climbed
Motionless, all pain gone.
Tarah, I love your poem. What a refreshing observation, and the title is so apt.
Thanks Letty.
I saw a grandmother walking with her grandchild, one leaning on a stick and the other skipping along. It was this that inspired me.
It's not writing the poems that's difficult, it's thinking of something a little different that can be the problem.
So pleased you liked my 'take' on this subject.
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