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My Heart Went Cold

Fifty-seven years I'd trusted my pins*                          *legs
to bend to flex, to twist, to spring
  my body to soar
  to the basket on wings

Then one day as I gathered myself
to take my first shot
  I felt my knees go 'creak'
  my heart went cold, I felt old and weak

Sure enough, I had barely lifted up off the ground
as for my shot, it arced mostly down
  I told my friends I felt a bit out of sorts
  And wept for the end of my romance with sports

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/17/2021 4:14:00 AM Yes, we never know what a day may bring! Several...several years ago I was playing hopscotch with kids and my ankle tweaked and that was the end of that. I will run with my grands but only to a point. Login to Reply

Tom Cunningham Date: 5/16/2021 2:44:00 PM Problem is we still think we're in our twenties and pay the price the next day. Only solution is a total body transplant lol. Tom Login to Reply

Ann Foster Date: 5/15/2021 9:05:00 PM So true so real... every word... Excellent write... Ann Login to Reply

Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 5/15/2021 5:15:00 PM Yes, Gershon, you have expressed the frustration so well! Sometimes I wish I could go back, and do everything I didn't. Warm wishes ~ Mala Login to Reply

L Milton Hankins Date: 5/14/2021 8:43:00 AM Ah, c'est la vie! It comes to all of us, Gershon, sooner or later, whatever the endeavor. You've expressed the disappointment well. Login to Reply

Alkas Poetry Date: 5/14/2021 5:53:00 AM I started feeling this way at 35 when I noticed that I no longer followed the opponent's left wingers, I was a professional right-back in football ... it was the beginning of the end... salute alkas Login to Reply