one eye gets punched
and loses its function
untouched the other tours
nature’s gallery of luscious art
my soft hand makes love with velvet
water a child’s face the matching appendage
tosses the world onto a rough quilt of scars
and throws out the rotten parts
two strong legs support me
if one fails it’s harder to stand
if both go where can I go?
this is me unpredictable undependable
bending or breaking with circumstance
the one God made though I’ve heard Him say
Find the secret passage I built for you
it’s the path that starts at your heart
and leads where you keep asking to go