Three Weeks After The Sprain

By dint of ignoring

the habit of limping

I squeezed the swelling

from the bottom of my foot

to the top

Now I can walk

stride across the swamps and deserts -

I missed my foot

(Crossing the mountains on crutches

would have been a pain)

though 

I would have crawled naked

over broken glass

to make this journey

had it been required

of me