Paralysis
The power to move
is in the leg
The desire to move
is in the heart
The thought to move
is in the mind
Still
the leg does not move
The doctors can find
nothing wrong
not a hair
out of place
Still
the leg does not move
What can we do
the doctors ask
The will to move
is missing
It is nowhere
to be found
Our surgery cannot
mend spirit
The leg will not ever
move again
All hope is lost
Days pass
Months pass
Years pass
and then
A miracle occurs
The leg twitches
The leg jerks
The leg bends
The man stands
The man walks!
Tears in their eyes
the doctors gape
at the moving leg
drop their scalpels
tear off their gowns
throw open the windows
jumpand flyagain
© 1995, TAJ
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