Last Legs

My Emotional Knees have given out

> buckled <

torn meta physical

& last bit of

I C Hell

shredded.

Achilles Heel defying any sort

of New Balance, and

bursae bursting

—like stars!

Stars that tingle your eyes

when you slam your shin

smack into that decades-old scar…

Without cartilage

my Easy Spirit is unprotected.

Especially prone to friction

—that as you know,

is more painful than truth.

(since it stems from previous injury)

I’ve been taking glucosamine, though.

‘Hoping the glucose will provide

> buffer <

sweetening my Joints

and easing abrasion.

©Karen Robiscoe