Head over Heels

When was the last time? Would it be insane
to tuck my head between my heels and roll?
I wonder if I dare to try again,

to turn the clock back, prove myself, regain
that former sense of physical control.
When was the last time? - would it be insane

to recreate a younger, suppler train
of thought, feel freedom in my soul,
I wonder. If I dare to try again,

setting the memories tumbling through my brain,
will all the answers follow like a scroll?
When was the last time? Would it be insane,

or do I risk dismantling the chain
that, once in pieces, never can be whole?
I wonder if I dare. To try again

should stay a dream - but yet, against the grain
I feel the question shaping to a goal.
When was the last time? Would it be insane,
I wonder, if I dare to try again?

D. A. Prince

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