Good Morning Folks!
Saturday is a good day, because there is only a no-work-day after this. Time to stretch those limbs and do what you want!
I’m sharing with you today a work by a fellow-blogger and a dear friend, Simon, who blogs at Simon’s Still Stanza. This piece is about the slowness of convalescence and the frustration of it. I’m sure you too have, at some point in life, gone through a similar experience, when you had to slow down because your body was still recovering, or your heart was.
In these last few days of this year, read and remember, and be compassionate to those who have to now go through the same. Help spread some smiles and cheer.
Have a Great Weekend!
Sick Man’s Stroll: A Kind of Rehabilitation
Sick man’s stroll
Variations of
An ambling gait
And a staggering shuffle.
The slow stroll
Moves along
Like a metronome
On easy tempo
Gradually
Bringing breath
And circulation into
A kind of rhythm
But oh,
To cross the road,
Turtles could pass by
As try, we do
To gather a little more pace
Into the race
To the pedestrian island.
All that is now needed
Is a dowdy hat
And a shabby old cardigan
With turned up cuffs,
Buff or beige,
And with pockets
All sagged from
Hands, hankies and
Whatever else,
With traces of lunch
Lurking between the lint
On its surface.
And we amble on
Willing the legs
To return home
To their former vigour.
Can we handle the rigour?
Of this new metered life?
Calculated, paced, slowed
Oh, who knows
Where this stroll
Will go?
What of tomorrow?
Forecast of…
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Thank you Pradita 😊
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You’re welcome and thanks again 🙂
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Pradita, I am so happy that you shared this heartwarming story/poem. Amazing! 🙂
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Thanks Beckie. Glad you liked it 😊
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Thanks for this, Pradita, and you have a good weekend as well.
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Thanks Lee 😊
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Thank you Pradita for the compassion and Simon for the wonderful words
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You’re most welcome 😊
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👍
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Nice…
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Thanks 😊
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Thank you so much and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I don’t know why but your comment had been sent to my spam folder, so I’m replying this late. I hope your new year started on the right note 🙂
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WordPress is a part of the criminal sistem in this world without love…
I wish you a great year of happiness and love.
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Thank you 😊 😊
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