I took a walk today
Striding straight and
With purpose in the
Afternoon’s breeze
I marveled at the
Beauty of all things
Concrete in sunlight
(an echo of my New York
days, the forever only
city of my heart)
Dead leaves dancing
Windswept and crackling
Under a smoothly
blameless blue sky
And I thought
I own nothing
But myself
Of all things
this body is Mine
whole
This husk leaves me
wanting
With imperfect skin and
A flawed mind
Yet
Of all the water carbon cells
I could have been
I am this
Looking out from my body
With my human limits
I can see clearly how
This too solid flesh
With limbs that move
Eyes that watch and
Breath that breathes
could be anything
but
I am this self
This person place in time
I witness her and
Live to be
