while resting off my usual walking trail
under the same tree that for years
gave shade to my soul i felt
an ugly earthquake shake free that shade
into a rotten shadow that fell
on me breaking my leg and
dislodging my heart to a stoppage
but one that soon lifted to let my spirit
continue its walk
now with a twisted leg dragging
a naked wounded foot hard
for the other fit foot to shift
on this journey
of me now looking
for my boot a root
