Gymnastics
forward roll-the promise of more
cartwheel clumsy around
hope to never fall down!
cause life is a back-bend
round off now,
warmer, stronger.
independence on beams-
seems life is a back-bend
vault- sprint and dive rolls
chilling twirling on floors
can there be more?
when life is a back-bend?
wrinkled dimgray mat
chalky hands cannot grasp
what slides by hand, then foot
-time is the back-bend
