body

can old dogs learn tricks?
especially the new ones?
help for stodgy brains.

through the many days
the body tells me stories.
from lessons of pain.

the skin all crumpled.
a body long worn by years.
a road map of love.

flesh to the metal.
the squashed sack of skin and bones.
fragile cradles life.

along the boardwalk
the sun invigorates us.
old men young again.

running companion
with me and then against me.
wind between my knees.