A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

but aren't they all random?

Thursday, June 24, 2010

the whole distance to you

I will walk the whole distance
if I have to

but first I have to rest, because
I've walked halfway through
already

alright

I'll just

soothe my poor, poor
feet, wait
for the fluid
in these blisters to
reabsorb

wait for the skin to stick back
together,

and pull tight,

then let the callouses form
and it's on

skin
meet sock, meet
shoe, meet
road

and I will walk the other half of the way

here I go

2 comments:

Tess Kincaid said...

I love "skin
meet sock, meet
shoe, meet
road"

(you are one blister expert)

Jen said...

ah, nevermind.