Steps

Stroke recovery. Coming back!

step after step,

lap after lap,

good steps, bad steps 

 

sore feet,

swollen feet,

shoulder tension

 

she, the first one to say,

'I think you're going to walk again.'

 

each step a step closer 

  toward the goal, 

not sure individually, but 

  for the endurance. 

 

the maxims;

'I walked before, 

I'll do again.' 

'Don't look back, 

you're not going that way.'

 

heat, fatigue 

 

got the strength, 

got the balance, 

got the core, 

the legs not ready,

need the endurance 

 

I'll walk again, though 

  I don't know when

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

A strong but tragic write, Richard M and one to bathe in.. because you've shown your fear, pain and a kind of frustration. BUT in the process, you have shown such courage and determination in doing so. With heart and mind i sincerely wish you a quick-ish and safe recovery. PRAYERS

[Richard M]

Hi Emma
Thank you for reading Emma. Tragic? Maybe, but just how it is for me. No matter what I write, whatever the mood is in me or in my frustrations, I always end my poem on a positive note.
Thank you so very much Emma for your sentiments and prayers in my recovery. I greatly appreciate your kind words.
Happy Christmas and New Year to you and yours.
Take care my friend.
Richard

[emmajoygreen]

Thank you so much. Preparing to leave for the happy mayhem in minutes! So hope the hours ahead whisper softly to your wonderful resolve, Richard.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I have been through this feeling more than once. I spent six months in traction with stainless pins, rods, plates and screws in my leg. It was slow going learning to walk again. Then, after major abdominal surgery I was only off my feet for a few weeks but it was amazing how quickly my muscles atrophied from lack of nutrition, nothing like limping to the bathroom to try a bowel movement only to have blood come gushing from your stapled up abdomen with the slightest strain. Life is a tough journey for us all at one time or another. And we never know what we might have to endure before the end. But I remember this hope, this pushing of myself and keeping up the effort even though I was exhausted and hurting. Never quit. Never give up. Thanks for reminding me of the stuff I'm made of with this write.

[Richard M]

Thank you for reading Fabian.

[Tumi]

wow a great piece though
i see a step to dream
a step to walk
a missed step which led to injury

[Richard M]

Thank you Tumi for reading and your insights.
Take care
Richard