RECOVERY

I salute you, body,
steadfast, dependable,
too rarely praised or thanked
or even acknowledged.

How many breaths have you breathed?
How many steps have you stepped?
I cannot count, have not, till
lately, thought to.

You weaken, stumble at stairs.
I pay attention, am tempted
to complain. I have been
ungenerous, ungrateful.

Mea culpa.

I salute you, body.