Let Me Run Again: Just This Once

Age Changes The Gait.

Let Me Run Again: Just This Once.

Let me run again, just this once
Without falling to my knees.
My Mother would coax me.
Let me try again, just this once 
Came my tearful reply.
Now, no Mother to watch me as I try
Let me run again, just this once.
Without skinned knee
Or bleeding hand.
I can’t ask for this just once more
Let me run again, just this once
Without falling to my knees.
My walk is wobbly as slowly I go.
Do I now hear my Mother still
Coaxing me clear.
Try this for me, just this once.
Just one more step, or maybe two.

8/15/2023
Larry E. Whittington
I wrote this after I ran (tried to run) to help a truck driver 
back in the Crossroad’s Food Bank. 
I haven’t been able to run since.