The human body is what defines us in so many ways. As I get older, there are things I notice that are new. What surprises me is that some of them are good, not bad. For example, I feel things with my fingertips in a way I did not when I was younger.
Let's haiku about the aches and joys, the beautiful and the hidden, all the things that come with being human.
Here, I will go first:
My leg can still push
The pedals of my bike and
Off I go to work.
Now it is your turn! Just follow the 5/7/5 recipe for syllables, and have some fun!
Waking up wondering
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Aging is a drag.
LEE
I have Vulcan ears,
ReplyDeleteA mouse coughs behind a wall,
I can hear it all.
I drink some water
ReplyDeleteMy metabolism - ack...
Scale reads, one more pound.
I feel the strength now
ReplyDeleteI worked for on high school fields
Muscle memory!
To be the servant
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Whose
Sarcasm goads twists.
Will you fill champagne
ReplyDeleteGlass to overflowing or Expand a bodice? Twins.
But for a weird knee,
ReplyDeleteI want to move more now, not less;
Body versus couch.