It’s Love That Sees You Through
Not Beaten Limbs And Not the crutches
Your disused light-frame crutches
strong, solid and uncomplaining
by the walls of the guest room
brought back thick memories of you -
the man who used them 7 years ago,
to stand, hold and push himself,
to bear the pain and complications
of a limb fractured in several places -
and made me wonder why
after so many years
we still had them,
these supportive…